"Dev-chan's world doesn't have enough magic for that sort of thing," Koumyou tells Buttercup, like the idea of growing people -- clones, really -- on a tree isn't all that far-fetched to him. In fact...

"Ukoku was telling me about an idea he had for something called a 'Jingko tree'," the priest tells them both, like he's sharing the most innocent gossip, "it would be a mix of magic and science, and it could take someone's DNA with the smallest scratch of a branch, and grow a clone -- a physical copy -- of them. Isn't that fascinating?"