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Attentive Gardener Style
Cost: 1 mote Duration: Instant Type: Simple Minimum Survival: 2 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: None
A Dragon-Blooded with this charm exerts a great amount of control over all things that grow, enabling him to roughly plan out how plants will develop over the course of years. He can shift the branches of trees into natural arches, turn bushes into fine hedge walls, and keep excess growth under control simply by running his hand over a given tree. He can force flowers to bloom early, enhance or promote germination, or keep weeds from spreading under his windowsill. This charm has no real effect on the short term, but each use reorders the internal essence of the plant so that the Dragon-Blooded can dictate how the plant will behave over the course of the next year. This will not accomplish the impossible, and plants will not change any faster than they normally would, but that growth and change follows the Dragon-Blooded's commands. Many Dynasts employ particularly talented Wood-aspects with this charm to have their estates landscaped, creating all manner of exotic natural effects.