 Steps 5 and 6 + Question Dani's Citrus Duck Spawn | Mama Giraffe | Lemon PATch | Pushed the Red Button
Did Muggles really tape the plants together and wait ages for them to stick? As Dima overlapped his tree flaps and fitted his scion to his rootstock, he couldn't help thinking the same thought that crossed his mind in Muggle Studies far too often— that was so tedious. Merlin, he was thankful for his wand.
He held the trunks in place as he struggled to break off a sufficient piece of grafting tape, quickly and surely wrapping it around the area of the cuts to hold them in place. The tongues were secure enough to keep the tree from wobbling now, especially with the added support of the firm binding he'd added, so Dmitriy figured he could get to work on the spell.
"June-go Arborem." He was fluent in an amount of other languages ample to know the latin roots of the word, finding it cool how direct the spell was. Basically amalgamating trees. That WAS what he was doing, was it not? Accurate incantation was accurate.
He knew how to flick his wrist well enough, so he went ahead and did that as he cast. "Jungo Arborem." Pause. Paaause. Were they grafted now? The adhesive strips were in the way, and he couldn't see if there was a neat joining where the slices had been made...
"Sir? How are we supposed to know if it's worked? Should I take the tape off and check, or is there another way to figure out?"
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