teaching? narph.
Teddy is instructing a group of increasingly-confused second years on the proper way to prune Abyssinian shrivelfigs. It's not really going all that well.
Well, look. You take the lower base of the third stem, and peel it back cross-hatch style with your pruning knife--be careful not to nick the petiole, or it'll try and stab you with those fangs. After that, you wrap the outer skin around the hypocotyl--
He looks up to see the second years watching him with possibly the blankest expressions in the history of Herbology classes. With an annoyed exhale, he decides to simplify a bit.
Okay. You take this branch here, cut it with X's, peel it back to here, and wrap it around there. That make sense?
There is a murmur of relieved assertation. The second years, having now seen the light, start pruning their plants while Teddy flops down in a chair and idly waits for one of them to get bitten.
Well, look. You take the lower base of the third stem, and peel it back cross-hatch style with your pruning knife--be careful not to nick the petiole, or it'll try and stab you with those fangs. After that, you wrap the outer skin around the hypocotyl--
He looks up to see the second years watching him with possibly the blankest expressions in the history of Herbology classes. With an annoyed exhale, he decides to simplify a bit.
Okay. You take this branch here, cut it with X's, peel it back to here, and wrap it around there. That make sense?
There is a murmur of relieved assertation. The second years, having now seen the light, start pruning their plants while Teddy flops down in a chair and idly waits for one of them to get bitten.