I wanted one that was a little, um, less bright, but this was what I could catch. I didn't want to buy one because I don't really trust the merchants here all that much. They might say something is deadly, but I don't know if they've tested it themselves or not.

[You can't just say "this snake is poisonous" after all. You need to know what kind of venom it has, how potent it is, etc etc.]

Well, that and most of them wouldn't sell me a poisonous snake anyway because I'm 11.

[He makes a face at that. Adults are so full of themselves.]