Daniel recovered quickly from the disappointed feeling that he felt when Claudine told that she had nothing to do with the vines. "I see" he said before turning his head to look at Emmerson. "Maybe they planted these?" they as in 'the Board members'

Wasn't it amazing how the moment a small group was crowded together a professor was most likely to pop up out of nowhere to see if everything was alright? It was as if they had a sixth sense for this type of stuff. "No vandalism, Professor Holme-- Holden!" oh Merlin, he hadn't noticed that mistake, right? He also gave a nod at Professor Applewood before turning to look at the vines again.

The flowers to be exact. They were very pretty in his opinion. He wanted to ask what type of flowers they were but instead of opening his mouth to ask the question, the second year stepped closer to the flowers to observe them. He took hold of a bunch of them and pulled them closer for better inspection.