 Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - ❄ Lunar Library Lurker ❄ - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror
So they were mandrakes.
Ben might have registered the appearance of the offered plants had he been more attentive. Instead he had simply listened as other students spoke, including certain ex friends and scribbled down notes in the process. Anything going to be on his NEWTS was even more important than what he might need for the lesson, or even any homework to come. He had to admit, he had thought there had only been one type of mandrake when catching reference of it.
He copied down what appeared on the chalkboard, creating a kind of diagram to keep the information between magical and mundane clear. No...he did not want to get up, but mention of the gloves, reminded Ben that he would likely need them on at one point, so the Gryffindor slipped them from his bag and onto his hands once he finished his notes. Ben tentatively raised his hand anyway to try and describe them from what he remembered.
"Um...they are perenials...with um branched roots and...5-petaled flowers."
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