Yes, says Carl-Botanist. I got these.
He shows Ageless the seeds that the emu spat at him.
Can you take them? he asks Ageless.
All right, says Ageless. What are they?
Acacia, says Carl-Botanist.
Have you caught a cold? asks Ageless.
No, says Carl-Botanist. The seeds are acacia.
You're a good botanist, says Ageless.
Not that good, says Carl-Botanist. The emu told me.
All the better, says Ageless. You made use of local knowledge.
Ageless pokes the acacia seeds into the Nachoo.
Carl-Botanist makes his way in.
Ageless starts towing the Nachoo back to the others.
When they get there the other baby cuttlefish crowd round the Nachoo.
Me next! cry the others.
You can't all be next, says Ageless. In any case, I might call it a day.
Boo! Boo! cry the baby cuttlefish.
Carl-Botanist comes out of the Nachoo.
Did you do fast botany? asks one of the others.
Yes, says Carl-Botanist. I got three acacia seeds from an emu.
Is an emu a bush or a tree? asks the other.
A bush, says Carl-Botanist. But not really. What happens is, you talk to the bush and while you're talking it turns into an emu.
Aha, says the other. That explains the anomaly.
What anomaly? asks Carl-Botanist.
Why an emu bush has acacia seeds, not emu seeds, says the other.
The other baby cuttlefish have been listening too.
At least they are learning some botany.
Ageless has dragged the Nachoo onto a half-submerged rock.
What happened? asks Terence. Where's the baby cuttlefish?
Carl-Botanist pulls himself out of the water and flops on the rock.
Here I am, says Carl-Botanist. Phew! That was awesome!
He collected three seeds, says Ageless. And he already knows what they are. I call him Carl-Botanist.
That's me, says Carl-Botanist.
Jean-Botanist and Carl-Botanist, says Terence. They should be brothers.
They are brothers, says Ageless.
Jean-Botanist is nearby.
He has been awaiting the return of the Nachoo.
He makes his way onto the half-submerged rock.
Who is this know-it-all brother?
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