[Purple is very soft, it's true. Despite having been made to do many horrible things in the past, ultimately they just want to live a nice quiet life to themself... and with their friends, now that they actually have some of those.
Speaking of -

It's clear from the way their eyes curve into little crescents, they'd be smiling if they had a mouth. The shirt might be too big for him, but they're endeared either way.
Which means they're going to go ahead and help tie that shirt's collar correctly for him as they talk.]

Duval uses witchcraft, which I have been lead to believe involves the use of plants.
Plants are something else I have little knowledge of, however... Between the VIP room of the nightclub and the desert temple, I did not have chances to see many.

[Honestly? Solid chance Gold Pig just hated plants, anyway.]

As for plushies - whatever they are, there is a chance they existed in Everhood, many eons ago when we were a society of millions.
However, by the end of times, the realm itself was nearly empty... there is much that I have simply forgotten over the ages.
So if it helps to keep you from crying, think of it not that I do not know what they are. I simply need to be reminded.