"As intended." He'd ask eventually what was going on, but at the moment he could endure being completely baffled.

"Unfortunately, yes. Shall we?" He began walking, the vegetables finally quieting down, with one final, high-pitched yell of "Vegetarians, go home!"

What an absolute farce. "If everything in this town has to be cursed, they should at least try for something with a bit more flair," he lamented. "They almost had something with the weddings, but now they've lost the plot entirely."