Oliver jumps and blushes. He turns off the water and returns to begin fussing over the mess Alastair made of his hand.

“Well for starters, the plants didn’t exactly become carnivorous on their own. My school had very famously discovered cells from plants long since extinct. They were all kept on display for the botanical students benefit, but I couldn’t understand why necromancy couldn’t be used to revive extinctions. I know some animals and plants would wreak havoc on ...