A new thing, then? That's... kind of irritating. Here I thought it'd be a regular occurrence and I'd be able to get some idea to what's happening.

[ he can hardly blame varian for not having an immediate answer--magic was weird and they're a pair of science boys, this sucks.
He's going to use some of the napkins to try to pull out some more crystals--and they halfway crumble as he does so, and he... frowns, as well. ]

They split and crumble kind of like... sugar crystals, if I'm honest. It's very flaky, but when it sets, it sets rock-hard.

[oh, but then he looks up. heheh. ]

...Oh, that's my own ... er, weirdness. [ he's gonna cup a hand to his mouth. ] Recently found out I can grow vines and stuff from my body, and ... move them? It's weird. It's cool.

So I've been practicing at intertwining small networks of vines through the arm so I can control it from the inside.