Alright so now...Oh! Someone was waving. Ella stretched her neck and saw that Kat was here. BEAM!WAVE Haiiii Kat! They totally needed to have a special keeper handshake or head nod or something, Ella decided as she turned her attention back to the flower bed again. She'd discuss that with the Snake at another time, though.

Observing the plants in front of her, Ella noted that several had dead leaves on them. Frown. She remembered reading something about the dead leaves forcing the plants to do more work and so she decided she'd need to trim them. ...Carefully, of course.

Picking up her wand, the fifteen year old tried to remember the spell used to trim the plants. It was Flippin...Snippin...Flippinsnippin? No. Ummm... Flipnsnipwitit! Hey, that was totally it! And this was the better spell to use as she was working with a smaller area. Mhm.

"Flipnsnipwitit!"

And Ella carefully trimmed off the dead or burnt looking leaves from the plants, making a small pile next to her that she could dispose of later. After a while, she stopped and considered the plants carefully.

"Looks much better now, I think."

Yup, much much better.

...Now to dispose of the dead leaves.