What are you trying to offer? You know anything about this world? No! This is a simulation- you don't have any information to offer this NPC! You try to offer one of Chidi's sample from the pretty shrub wall.  Zato realizes you have destroyed their special hedge. Why would you do that? That's someone's lawn, dude? Zato angrily laughs and spits a fireball on you. You are violently reduced to ash