Well, she can get a good look at it right now, as Allura walks over to the plant itself, and places a hand on it.
"Assuming it's a magical plant, I should be able to siphon the magic out of it, until it returns to being an ordinary root. But there's a few problems. For one, I can only do one at a time..."
And the reasons should be self-evident. For a long moment, she concentrates on the mandrake root, and it appears as if little motes of light are being pulled from the ground and up Allura's arm. You know, like the boba in bubble tea being sucked up into a straw, but with magic energy instead. This continues until the motes of light slow, and then stop, assumedly because there's nothing left to siphon.
"For another thing, I can only think of one way to check if it's safe now: Pulling it right out of the ground."
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"Assuming it's a magical plant, I should be able to siphon the magic out of it, until it returns to being an ordinary root. But there's a few problems. For one, I can only do one at a time..."
And the reasons should be self-evident. For a long moment, she concentrates on the mandrake root, and it appears as if little motes of light are being pulled from the ground and up Allura's arm. You know, like the boba in bubble tea being sucked up into a straw, but with magic energy instead. This continues until the motes of light slow, and then stop, assumedly because there's nothing left to siphon.
"For another thing, I can only think of one way to check if it's safe now: Pulling it right out of the ground."