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“Oh, your calculations are off.” Leaning on the edge of the table, Lilith taps the paper with one finger.
“Look here. The enhanced speed on an undead like this would come from the plant fibers supporting its body in place of muscle-- you’d want to focus more of your power on the vines rather than the corpse you’re trying to raise. Does that make sense?” In the margins, she jots down the ratio she would use for an undead of that size, as well as the names of a few specific plants or vines that would support it well. Whoever wrote these notes had the right idea, but seemed to have a very loose grasp of the finer points of the science.
“Ah, I didn’t mean to interrupt, but necrobotany is a specialty of mine. Tell me; is this purely theoretical, or are you a practicing necromancer yourself?”