[he's silent for a while, because he doesn't actually know what Carlisle's powers are. Or what they had been to begin with. But he does notice the grass dying where he's touching it, which does seem contrary to everything he knows about how much he likes to garden.]

I'm sure there's something you can do. And even if God can't hear us or see us here, we know. And that's really what matters right? That's what people have told me anyway.

We can lie to ourselves and pretend we believe it, fake it til you make it I guess.

[It does help a little bit he's found.]

What if we get attacked by some horrible plant monsters? Then we'll definitely need you.