“Well, he can sell just the discarded parts like hair and stuff,” Carlos said. “Just so long as he doesn’t give them his middle names. He’s a smart boy… he’ll understand if we explain.” Carlos smiled at them. “Magnus, it’s okay. We can do this.”
“how are we supposed to explain that some plants are illegal buy not other plants. If he asks me if I grow illegal plants I’ll have to tell him the truth. I promised I wouldn’t lie to him.” they didn’t know *how* Seres had managed that, the boy was so tricksy, “he asked me about the tooth fairy and I told him not to get into the habit of selling his body parts to the fae because I panicked.”
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