There's a relief, Claudius thinks. He doesn't have to ask Magnus to apologize to the birds next, for always openly and shamelessly speculating about their personal lives. He likes to imagine he and the birds have built up a rapport at this point, but one can never be sure.
"Fortunately, autumn is the best time of year for collecting most seeds. I couldn't tell you when to find bamboo seeds -- that may be a subject for mutual research," he says, looking forward to the idea, and wanting to assure Magnus all the answers needn't come at once. "Magnolia flowers in spring and late summer, yielding some of the strangest-looking fruits. You won't be able to mistake them the next time you see them. But for a tree, it might be preferable to take a cutting ... I don't know the extent of your ability to, ah, zap plants with summer. But it's preferable to take cuttings in the growing season. Would you be able to make, say, a branch of a tree believe it's summer long enough for me to show you?" If he were in mixed company, he might rein in his excitement to perform untried experiments in plant propagation. But Magnus has listened to Claudius ramble -- or, in his words, infodump -- on all manner of subjects1.
1 Claudius has also infodumped extensively to Galahad about plant science and how cool it is to make plants from other parts of plants and did you know Crowley keeps plants from others climates in a glass house to recreate tropical conditions, which can also be used to extend the growing season -- right, of course you do, you've been there.
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"Fortunately, autumn is the best time of year for collecting most seeds. I couldn't tell you when to find bamboo seeds -- that may be a subject for mutual research," he says, looking forward to the idea, and wanting to assure Magnus all the answers needn't come at once. "Magnolia flowers in spring and late summer, yielding some of the strangest-looking fruits. You won't be able to mistake them the next time you see them. But for a tree, it might be preferable to take a cutting ... I don't know the extent of your ability to, ah, zap plants with summer. But it's preferable to take cuttings in the growing season. Would you be able to make, say, a branch of a tree believe it's summer long enough for me to show you?" If he were in mixed company, he might rein in his excitement to perform untried experiments in plant propagation. But Magnus has listened to Claudius ramble -- or, in his words, infodump -- on all manner of subjects1.
1 Claudius has also infodumped extensively to Galahad about plant science and how cool it is to make plants from other parts of plants and did you know Crowley keeps plants from others climates in a glass house to recreate tropical conditions, which can also be used to extend the growing season -- right, of course you do, you've been there.