[ Who needs shears when they have swords capable of doing the job? Nico has a black sword resting at his hip, a habit of carrying it around everywhere even in a whole other world. Not everyone gets magically returning weapons and some have to actually keep track of where their sharp pointy object is.

It's weird - dealing with a younger, less battle hardened version of Percy. Which is odd because in Percy's mind, they've already survived one war. Of the other not knowing a great deal of their future quests and world-saving adventures (also all the torturous bits) and Nico is doing his best to keep all that secret. Something he's actually too good at doing. It's not the first time he's kept vital information from the other demigod. No matter what's happened, Nico feels it's his responsibility to look after this less-experienced version even if Percy is still older than him.

But back to the task at hand. There certainly are a bunch of random shrubs and Nico is no Grover either. ]

We could just take a few leaves from every bush and let the guy decide which one is right. Pretty sure he doesn't need the whole shrub to make a cup of tea.