"Everything," Remus says, "at the right time, in the proper amount, can be helpful. And anything, at the wrong time, in the wrong amount, can be hurtful. Plants just follow in suit, like the rest of the universe. The important thing is just finding equilibrium. You seem to know a lot about poisons, for a girl your age."
Standing with some effort in the cold, he surveys her again. There's no telling what her intentions are, or whether she's from Darrow, or from without. True, that she seems like just a young girl. A young English one, at that. But Remus has every reason to be wary.
In appropriate amounts.
"That a hobby of yours? It's good for a girl to have interests. Sorry to balk I've just never managed to have much of an interest myself, outside of my practical concerns. Why the interest? Studying to be a chemist?"
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Date: 2014-01-26 11:52 pm (UTC)Standing with some effort in the cold, he surveys her again. There's no telling what her intentions are, or whether she's from Darrow, or from without. True, that she seems like just a young girl. A young English one, at that. But Remus has every reason to be wary.
In appropriate amounts.
"That a hobby of yours? It's good for a girl to have interests. Sorry to balk I've just never managed to have much of an interest myself, outside of my practical concerns. Why the interest? Studying to be a chemist?"