Boy was getting sick. Paul should have recommended he see the Healer--Merlin, he was going to get everyone sick! Worried worried WORRIED, he was.

As Mr. Prince fled the Greenhouse, Paul didn't think to take inventory of his earmuffs--the thought hadn't crossed his mind, and nor did he think anyone so sneaky as to steal anything from the Greenhouses, that he simply...was oblivious to the fact that his student, Daxton Prince, has just left with some very nice earmuffs.

Hmph.