Hoeing is quite useful, so long as you do it below the surface - as long as you're slicing through the black bit of the root, it's goin to take energy to resprout

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”