Daughter of Merlin STORY
Séverine Gauthier
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Thomas Labourot
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Grelin & Thomas Labourot LETTERING
Ron Estevez
FOREST OF BROCELIANDE. THE MUSHROOMERY. AS YOU TOSHALLBE SEE, EXACTLY. ELENORA, A GOOD A BOTANI S T SPECIN FACT, ALIZINGWEIN DRUI D , ONE MUST BE A GOOD MUSHROOMS. MYCOLOGI ST.SNOW,T AGAIWHAT’N? S A SHOULDN’ T EVEN BETHAT CALLIINSGAN MYCOLOGI THEM MUSHROOMS. OBSOLETE TAXONOMY. OHO! WHAT WE SO COARSELY CALL AAMYCOLOGI SWHOT IS BOTANI S T MUSHROOMS ARECOMYCOTA, A KINGDOM SPECIAMUSHROOMS. LIZES IN STUDYING I N CLUDI N G MYCOTA, CHYTRIDIDRUI OMYCOTA, ANDREFER MYCETOZOA. A PROPER D MI G HT TO THESE AS SPOROPHORES. REPEAT AFTER ME, ELENORA. I
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SPOROPHORES. VERY GOOD!
NOW, ALLC SISPOROPHORES AREMULTIEUKARYOTI N GLE-CELLED OR CELLULAR ORGANITHEYSMS.AREWE’IN FACT VE COVERED THAT BEFORE. BUTA MUCH THE TEMPORARY, DI S CERNI B LE FRUI T OF MORE DURABLE ANDLAMENTOUS RETIRING ORGANI SM WHOSE USUALLY FI STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES THE MYCELIUM.
MAGNIFICENT!
HOW DOIF THEY EAT, THEY CAN’T MOVE?
DID YOUCANNOT KNOWMOVE? THAT AND SPOROPHORES YET, IN THI S FOREST, YOU WI L L COME ACROSS SPECI MENSYOUCAPABLE OF LOCOMOTI O N. NOW, MI G HT BE ASKIEAT,NG YOURSELF: DO THEY IF THEY CAN’HOWT MOVE?
’M SO GLADT’SYOUABSOLUTELY ASKED, ELENORA! FASCI NATING.NGTHEYORGANI FEEDC BYMOLECULES ABSORBI FROM THEINGS.R IMMEDI A TE SURROUNDI THEIRWITCELLS EQUIFORPWALLS! PED HOHO! CHITARE INOUS I
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THE PSYCHOTROPI C PROPERTI E S OF SELECT SPECIMSENS CANSENSORY INDUCE ASTONI HI N G ALTERATIONS.
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SO WHAT?! SO WHAT?! DON’T YOU EVER LISMANDRAKES TEN TO A THIARENG SAY? DANGEROUS! YOU OFCAN’THET JUST PULL ONE OUT GROUND WIPRECAUTI THOUT TAKIONS!NG SPECI A L THERE ARE RITUALS! WHY?
MOVES A THIDON’NKTTHAT’ MANDRAKE! MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM! SO WHAT? I
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WHY?ASK?WHY,WHY, YOU BECAUSE OF THEIR SCREAMS!
HOW CANBEMYSOVERYIGNORANT? OWN DAUGHTER WHEN YOUROOT, PULL IUPT LETS A MANDRAKE OUTAS ATOSCREAM SOFIRPOWERFUL KI L L THE ST LIVING THING IN EARSHOT.
WAIHOWT A DIMIDNYOUUTE FIND IT?
BY PULLING! YOU SAID THEBUTSCREAM...
WOULDNKI?LKIL US! OHO! MERLI LLED THAT’ BY A LL MANDRAKE’ S SCREAM? BE THE DAY! THE DEMON BLOOD THAT COURSES THROUGH MY VEISUCH NS PROTECTS ME TRIVIAL MAGIC.FROM
DUNNOITS YOU HEARD ITS HEARD VOICHEAD. E IN MY VOICE? HMM
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THE COURSES SAME BLOOD THROUGH ELENORA.YOU,
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CANBYYOUMYFIBEARD! ND MORE? MAYBEHOW DOBUTYOU THEN GETTHETHEM OUT OF GROUND? …