Alfie had the decidedly glazed look in his eyes that said he'd tuned out a lot of what Julien had just said - he couldn't help it. It was the same problem he had with teachers, most of the time, he just didn't focus long enough for the lesson to make sense.
"Sure..." he said. "They're poisonous if you mix them with...something.... in a potion?" Which was the worst possible summary of the given facts that he could give and still be right, when it came to it.