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Okay, so Skylar was going to be ready this time with her vial to actually collect some tears. Although she was sort of unsure about what they were going to be doing with the tears, but she supposed that would come as the lesson progressed. For now though, the objective was to collect the tears, only ... her thoughts were interrupted as she heard Isa Wright apologizing to the tree. She knew the girl had quite the heart, but for the love of Merlin, it was a PLANT. And while that might have been a tad heartless of Skylar to think, considering Myers and some of the other hardcore Herbology fiends would say 'well plants were living things too', but if that was the case, then why did Isa think it okay to eat vegetables? Vegetables grew on plants, which were living things ... and yes, okay so maybe she really was being heartless and not comprehending this, but she was also being realistic.
Uh, right then Myers talking about how ingesting the tears in the purest form, you feel this mourning loss and Skylar wondered for a moment if she was out of time to practice or collect her tears. Holding the empty vial in her hand, she just listened to him lecture for a moment and then posed a question ... a scenario. While they finish up, which she had yet to do, even though she'd made the tree cry, she hadn't collected any tears.
Oh, Rula was brilliant! Making the tree so happy it cried!? That was an amazing suggestion and honestly, Skylar wasn't sure she could think of anything to top that so she instead focused on collecting her tears.
"maeroro!" she exclaimed again, flourishing her wand as before. This time she was ready with her uncapped vial and held it up the tree, to which she managed to collect several drops of tears. But if only one drop was powerful enough to induce that mourning, perhaps she had enough? Unless she wanted to experiment some more, which she half wanted to. Leading the fourth year to another wand flourish and "Maeroro," in which a few more tears fell into her vial and it looked almost half full.
Now onto the question posed. "I think, like phoenix tears are useful in potions, I'd want to explore using these weeping willow tears in potions. Maybe as an antidote for the euphoria potion, but also, as Olivia suggested, even just similar to a sedative, or a calming draught. Stress, especially around exam time, runs high in the castle walls. So maybe it has usefulness in anti-stress? or even anti-inflammatory properties?" actually, the second suggestion was far-fetched, but it was possible, right? Maybe?
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