Alex nodded. With another flick of her wand, she stirred the leaves and the hot water until it turned into a light green color -- it almost looked like mint. When she took a sniff of it, she realized it smelt very good as well.

Now that she thought about it -- erm, Jaren would more than likely not accept the tea, considering his level of paranoia was even higher than her own. She could try, nonetheless. After all, he had been looking really tired lately. But the first time Alex had really noticed it was when they started duelling.

"So, no biting plants?" she asked, her eyes twinkling.