Vivian still felt all the pity for her dead mandrake. Would he be able to feel the pain? Could he possibly still be alive? Was his mandrake soul looking upon her from above, judging her for opening up his lifeless body? There were so many questions she had in mind, but she still felt guilty for doing this to the poor plant. But then she remembered her mum telling her it's a great experience to know plant anatomy, so the Slytherin hoped the encouraging words from her mum would suffice for the entire lesson today.

And see? She was right about the mandrakes not being edible. They definitely weren't palatable, either, because these things were apparently POISONOUS. Not that she thought of ever trying to eating one. Ew, no.

Moving on to the second incision, Vivian looked up at Professor Paul and nodded along as he explained. She looked back down at her precious mandrake and sighed. However, the mention of the VOICE BOX definitely caught her attention. How did they shriek? Why were their shrieks so deadly to begin with? Curiosity! Eager to know and to see for herself, the blonde went over to create her second incision with a few "Diffindo!" charms cast to create flaps on the first incision she made earlier, then peeled it open. Eek, kinda gross. But now, it looked like her mandrake had an awkward flappy butterfly on its chest, to put it lightly. Cue a tiny immature giggle at that.

But no, she wasn't going to cut out the lungs. Thank you very much. A little too brutal for her own liking, sorry. However, Vivian did try poke one lung, and Professor Paul was right about it feeling different. It felt like an actual PLANT, so very root-y and natural. Though, well, she wouldn't know how her own lungs felt like. LOL.

DERF! The little ickle Puff was a crying mess. Vivian's softie heart was triggered at the sight of it, and she sighed. "I'll offer marshmallows if it makes you feel better...." Those soft sugary confections did wonders for her, so hopefully they'd provide slight comfort to him. She'd even offer an entire pack of them, if he wanted. Her dad had sent a new batch a few days ago, so she still had a lot more stuffed inside her trunk at her dormitory.

Vivian gave Derf a tiny smile before looking back at Professor Paul to continue with the next incision. They were moving on to the NECK part, which sort of creeped the fourth year out. She sent a couple more severing charms to create the triangle flaps at the neck part of her dead mandrake as seen on the new diagram on the board. Once she had those triangle flaps made, she folded them back to reveal the larynx. The Slytherin poked it a few times. So thiiiiis was where all the shrieking originated from. Hmm. "Magic can do anything, Professor." She wasn't going to deny that, but it also seemed the best answer to the reason why mandrakes don't need nostrils to breathe. And as instructed too, Vivian opened the mandrake's mouth for examination. Look at that tiny tongue!

These things bite, right?