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By the time Daxton had lugged his second screechsnap across the dungeon room, moved it to its new location, and covered the roots in soil again, he was exhausted. Physical work was not his forte; Daxton preferred to be stationary, to conserve energy in case he really needed it at any moment, at which point the adrenaline would take over. But even an adrenaline boost was counterproductive, once it ran out and the exhaustion took over.
Looking up from the plant after covering its roots with soil, Daxton did a double take at the plants on his side of the room. Three of them were now there, in bigger pots, but Daxton could only remember moving two. His eyes widened ever so slightly in alarm, as he mentally retraced his steps, trying to work out when he had moved the mystery screechsnap. He was unable to recall when he might have done it, but nor could he locate any gaps in his memory; the whole ordeal played itself out quite fluidly in his mind, with no gaps or apparent time jumps or anything of the sort.
A split second later, he noticed Myers, wand out and still raised at the plant. The sight, far from pleasing (though the realisation that he had not moved a screechsnap only to have no memory of the event was something of a relief), made Daxton scowl. Myers was trying to help him, clearly thought him inept, in need of help. Whether or not any of it was true, Daxton refused to accept it. He shook his head firmly, his face like thunder.
Before Myers could give him any more help, Daxton turned and moved towards one of the two remaining screechsnaps (one that was still on the floor, that he been tangled with the one that had attacked Daxton) unable to keep from tiredly dragging his feet as he went. This one, at least, did not require Daxton to dig it up from the soil, so he leaned down to pick it up, and start moving it across to the other side of the room. It was too heavy to move completely upright just yet, and Daxton found himself staggering off to the side slightly, and into the dungeon wall. He took a moment to rest, before using the wall to push off from with his shoulder, and move across to a bigger pot.
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