When Boq finished his story, Fiyero looked up at him to see he was in tears. "What the heck is wrong with you? Gosh, I mean at least I know I'm stupid; you act so superior to me on so many aspects, but you are completely blind to what happened! Nessa cast a spell to shrink your heart, so Elphie, wanting to save your life, turned you into the only thing that could survive without a heart. SHE SAVED YOUR LIFE!"
Boq looked up at Fiyero with a look of pure fury on his face. "Saved? You think she savedmy life?! She didn't save it, she ended it!! You call this life?! I can't eat, I don't sleep, I can't even feel, physically and emotionally!! I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD!!"
"BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS A CURE, HUH?! WOULD YOU BE GRATEFUL THEN?"
At this, Boq turned his chin down and blushed, or more so, a darker hue of grey. A cure? Is that what they were talking about when they went through "the door"? "That's why we're here! Elphie, while waiting in the trapdoor, used the Grimmerie to generate a list of people who could possibly cure me, or now, us."
"You…you mean we could be…normal again?"
"Well, there is a very strong possibility," interjected Elphaba as she and Seymour reentered the room. "Boq, I feel absolutely responsible for your current condition, and I thought it over, and you can absolutely come with us in a search for a cure."
"Oh Oz, thank you so much Elphie, and could you ever forgive me for what I tried to do to you; I was so confused, and furious, and I felt that since I had nothing left to live for, I had to take it out on something. I…I couldn't feel more sorry, and I hope you except my apology."
"How could I not except such a wonderful apology from a wonderful gentleman," she said sweetly, making him blush once again. Seymour stepped in front of Elphaba and began to speak. "For you, Boq, who are unaware, I am Seymour Krelbourne, shopkeeper by day, experimental botanist by night. Through my studies of otherworldly plants, I have learned to create super hybrid plants. I have created plants whose pollen can turn hair green, others who can take over a body of an animal, and others who evolve in days, rather then millions of years."
"That's incredible, Seymour, but I don't understand how that can help us," Boq said tentatively.
"Seymour recently engineered a plant species that excretes at special type of aloe that, rather then making skin healthier, it turns things into living tissue!" With that, she trust out her palm, revealing a small, pink item that looked like the organ of some small animal.
"What in the world is that?"
"That used to be a thimble, but is now a functioning living being!"
"That's amazing!! Here, rub it on my arm; I'm not afraid to be test subject!"
Seymour and Elphie exchanged as glance before Seymour said, "Well, y'see there's a slight problem; I can't get enough aloe from the plant to have any affect on you or Fiyero. Y'see, the plant that secretes this aloe is not like a normal plant; it's a parasitic plant, that during its early development, it attached itself to another plant. If this plant is not fed enough, then the other plant cannot secrete any aloe."
"So, why don't you just feed it?"
"Well…because…it eats…blood."