Not every plant is a production model. Many can't make a cactus, either. We can't judge ourselves based on what other plants can do. I can make a cactus but I can't levitate a building. You're very harsh on yourself for things you can't help.

If you're asking for suggestions on what to do, I can think of a few things.

She'd crack the bulb open if she could, pull him inside - but would he even survive the air she needed? It might be worth finding out. The trouble with independents were their isolation, while she and her kind were stuck in bulbs they at least could reach across the endless width of a world to speak to each other freely. Could those like Vash? Would he ever have the distracting chatter of distant friends rattling around in his mind while he set himself to some task?

After all, you still walk free. Your hands work. Your voice works. Not everything is about mass producing chairs.