I am quite confident that he will explain it to me one day, perhaps in France in front of a beer this summer. I am preparing the grass (mostly weeds actually) and the flowers (these are neat) and the outside wood-table (this one is perfect now) so that the environnement is good for talking of such things.
I have no trouble imagining the scene except for one jarring detail -- beer?!? A conversation over a wooden table in a French pastoral setting may include vin ordinaire, sure; un petit café, certainly; but beer is all wrong for that mise en scène.
Please correct this detail in your final draft.