With a smile he said “ I’d greatly appreciate being informed of anything interesting. “ He’d naturally still look himself before class, and anytime he found himself walking by the greenhouses now he found a reason to be interested. As prior his only interest in the greenhouses was potion ingredients and the fact it was a required subject to become a Healer.

As for sending things to his office he just nodded. As he’d certainly try if the opportunity arose, though he doubt he’d be carrying a school OWL around as he wandered about regularly to do the actual sending.

Could he send a paper airplane at whatever window was his office? Maybe with an extra boost of magic. He’d investigate.

He’d not considered the loyalty of the bowtruckles. That would certainly cause a complication later. Blinking he said “ I’ll remember that. Perhaps acting out as if I liked that particular bowtruckle and giving it a funeral with cold base of the little casket to preserve the bowtruckle would be best. That would focus on preservation and then later I could go back and get the bowtruckle once they stop paying attention. “

Considering he was in a greenhouse he hoped bowtruckles couldn’t understand him. As admittedly the only thing he cared about was the mandrake in front of him which he continued carefully cutting and examining the layers.

Then he asked “ In your Herbology studies, besides cutting them up for potion ingredients, have you ever studied the insides of plants? “

This plant had alot of layers of skin for example as he carefully cut down another one with a light cut and pulling back to see more.