Before I learned about magic, I might have agreed with you, what? But I think it's clear that plants do feel and in some cases think and behave. Mandrakes, for example. Perhaps it's necessary to butcher them but I don't think one takes glee in the act or finds it to be a tremendously clever thing to do.
Look, I don't want to sound like a bally old girl's blouse about it. I just.... Neville's too good a chap to do something like this. But his mind's obviously made up.
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Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2013-04-23 04:54 pm (UTC)Before I learned about magic, I might have agreed with you, what? But I think it's clear that plants do feel and in some cases think and behave. Mandrakes, for example. Perhaps it's necessary to butcher them but I don't think one takes glee in the act or finds it to be a tremendously clever thing to do.
Look, I don't want to sound like a bally old girl's blouse about it. I just.... Neville's too good a chap to do something like this. But his mind's obviously made up.
-Justin