Fae?

[That was one word he had heard of but in books. Okay so he heard it whispered around the office but he didn't tend to take anything seriously. However this person seemed to be pretty serious about it. And he didn't want to ask anything else because that would appear rude, so he skipped over it.]

Well some friends and I garden. So you'd be in good company here.

[This is his attempt at being welcoming since others had been kind and had done that very same thing for him.]