Not sure, but it seems like they were trying to revive the King or something. Magical healing tears? Manly seeds of love?
I like Palm a lot more now that she's not a psycho-bitch, even if she's less "interesting" in a sense. That calm demeanour would actually have gone well with the old Knov, but now he's a scared old man. Funny how neither can be normal at the same time.