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'They won't hurt you.'
Daxton could not quite stop himself - and why would he want to, in any case? - from repeating Myers' words in his head in a comically high, mocking voice. Because he totally believed the six feet tall plants that were screeching and bounding around the room would absolutely not hurt him.
Except for the fact that that was an utter lie.
Stupid bloody screechsnaps. As for what Myers was trying to communicate to him, much of it was lost on Daxton; he refused to remove the earmuffs purely to listen to whatever garbage Myers was now spewing. The only important thing was that one screechsnap was now being comforted (comforted... a plant) which meant one less to deal with for the moment. As for the rest, Daxton soon located the loudest screechsnap, the biggest one, and decided he would tackle that one first, prioritising his own comfort over any of theirs.
Because, though Daxton knew that the plants were apparently semi-sentient and could feel pain, he could not process the concept that they might also have emotions. Indeed, Daxton still struggled to understand the idea that other people had feelings at all, so the plant thing was reaching just a little too far, especially considering they did not even have any brains to speak of.
As he approached the chosen screechsnap, Daxton glanced over at Myers in time to see him say (yell?) something else at him. Daxton was not exactly a skilled lip-reader, but even he could make out the word 'experiment', soon followed by 'Mr. Prince'. He could only guess that Myers was lecturing him and so, naturally, ignored him, turning back to the plant and leaning down to pick up a trowel as he did so.
Best just to get on with it, to pretend it was not affecting him, as though the horrific screeching of this loudest one was not driving him crazy even through the earmuffs. Gritting his teeth as a surge of anger shot through him, Daxton gripped the plant tightly, to keep it steady (and to let out a concentrated amount of frustration), and began digging up the roots of the plant. He was half tempted to hack the stupid thing in half, and shut it up that way. That, however, would be stupid. At least in a supervised detention.
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