Text Cut: Katy
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Cassirin 
Katy cast a sideways glance at the younger girl with a rueful little sigh. Like... she meant did the girl see the plants they were looking for. She didn't need to be told there were plants. There were OBVIOUSLY PLANTS, small puffle one. They were gonna have to start a little closer to the ground with this one.
"It's a beautiful little spot, yeah. And you can use what you need, but you may want to ask if you're gonna take a lot." Katy removed her textbook and offered it to Maddie before pulling out her pocket clippers. "See this one here with the long strands, almost like little green starbursts? This is stargrass. I'll cut some and we can weigh it when we get back to the classroom. Why don't you check the textbook to see what betony leaves look like? And then you can pick those for us."
Once she was sure Maddie was focused on their next task, Katy leaned over the stargrass, flipping up a few of the vibrant green leaves and clipping several starburst bunches where they met the stem. They needed a little over a cup of leaves, based on Katy's previous experience with fresh grasses and leaves, although these seemed thicker than some of the standard grasses she worked with. It took some guess work, but Katy harvested a whole stalk. Better a bit too much, and she could dry the rest and use it in another potion, if necessary. Waste not, want not.
Maddie caught that sigh from Katy and blushed just a little. It wasn't often the bouncing ball of cotton candy Hufflepuff of a child she was got embarrassed, but she could tell the older girl was a little unimpressed with her. When Katy started talking again, though, Maddie perked up and smiled at her. She nodded.
"I don't know how to brew many potions by myself yet anyway, so I won't be needed to grab any ingredients for a while," she said. She'd remember this place, though, even if she just came back for a little exploring and nothing else.
She leaned over and peered at Katy's textbook. She nodded and mentally went on and on to herself about how cool it was to have a plant that was named after stars and looked just like them, too.
"Mmkay," she said.
"Betony leaves...coming right up!" She sat criss-cross on the floor and thumbed through the book, looking for the section for plants beginning with the letter B.
"Did you know these things are used for treating mad dog bites?" she randomly asked, getting a little off topic. Still, she now knew what the plant looked like and was on a mission to find it.
Maddie trekked through the garden with Katy's textbook in hand.
"Found them!" she suddenly exclaimed, matching the betony in the garden to the one in book. Maddie knelt down beside the plant and began carefully collected a sample of them. Hopefully this was what they needed and not some random plant... She was pretty sure of herself, though! She picked up Katy's book and carried her selections back to the older girl.
"Got it," she announced proudly.