Alastor put his hands over his ears for a moment, trying to block out the words now pinging merrily around in his skull as his shadow silently laughed at him. The other shadows giggled in his head at his misery.

"Why in blazes would you even choose a vegetable of all things?! Couldn't you have, I don't know, found something that wasn't intended to be eaten?!"

Talk about setting himself up for more regrets...