SPOILER!!: Carlton!
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potterobsessionist 
Carlton listened INTENTLY to professor Myers, hanging on his every word. The bit about the fire seeds needing water still confused him but he was satisfied with the answer he got.
There was one little misunderstanding though. He reached over and jabbed his finger at The Very Important Point Number 3. "No, professor, why did they leave? The seeds! Why did they leave that cave in the first place?" Because hadn't he said they had lived there earlier and then mysteriously disappeared? "What happened to them before? Could it happen again? What if it's an unsafe enviroment?" What if they needed protection...
He bounced a little in place as he contemplated. "Do you think the centaurs could swing by the cave to check in on them, professor? Do the centaurs like plants?" Because Carlton did.
Truth be told, he was disappointed that he wasn't allowed to keep a fire bush in his dorm but he supposed it was because of safety reasons or other things that adults liked to preach to him about. "It would be nice to have something in the greenhouse." He added quietly. It didn't have to be a fire bush because then maybe he would have to enter greenhouse number four. Shudder. But something small would be nice.
Carlton was surprised professor Myers wanted to keep the drawing mainly because Carlton didn't know how to draw. But he felt VERY special that the professor wanted it. "You like the drawing?" He puffed out his chest and with a solemn expression, he nodded. "Yes professor. Yes, you may keep it."
Oh.
Well. Yes. That. Um. Ahem.
Paul cleared his throat.
"They were...taken by something. Or someone. The centaurs don't know." He said, but Paul had his own.....theories that he wouldn't be sharing with a first year.
"Yes, the centaurs will be checking up on them from time to time..." he liiiiiiied through his teeth so as to not distress the child. He would of course ASK Thereos to check on them if he ever happened to be in the VICINITY...but not to go out of his way. But again, the boy didn't need to know any of this. Not at all. NOPE.
"Well, what do you want in the greenhouse, then, m'boy?" he asked gently with a smile.
"And if you keep something in there, it is YOUR responsibility ENTIRELY to take care of it, understand?" he didn't say it sternly, more matter-of-factly. Paul had a million other plants to take care of!
HEHEHHE. The Flame was SO CUTE. Paul took it and nodded.
"I love it. I will cherish it always...and...you know, you can draw me pictures ANYTIME." Because he needed more artwork in his office, surely.