He nodded. If the Professor didn’t know what happened when they lost one of their own if he found one the professor would never know either way. Though, he also wasn’t sure he wanted to mess with a bunch of bowtruckles considering he’d have to return to the greenhouses till he graduated. Perhaps, he’d wait till late in his seventh year to see if he could get a bowtruckle. His goal of doing well enough in Herbology to become a Healer was more important than any curiosity.

He asked “ What types of characteristics do you look for in superior specimens of plants? Anything specific for mandrakes? “ As if so, those were things he should definitely be looking for too.

He gulped debating if his interest was perhaps stupid. Though considering all the creatures he was interested in were partially sentient that meant they had to have stuff similar to animals. Smiling he said “My older brother is a surgeon. When he was doing his training I used to watch him practice as doing dissections on the cadavers his school had. I figured the sentient plants might be similar to creatures and humans inside. “

He really wasn’t so sure as he continued to just see more layers as he slowly worked his way inside the mandrake.