Why, yes–your assignment is to formulate a sleeping potion! If you like sleeping so much, this should be right up your alley. What's more, I will be withholding your potionology credit until you succeed.
Losing credit would make me an embarrassment to Malleus! I must formulate a proper sleeping potion. Kalim, I'm going to stay and work on this. What about you?
Hold on, Silver! Why bother reading a textbook when we can get a rundown from Jamil way faster? If you keep squinting at text, you're just going to nod off again. Don't worry. You're not alone. Hard-to-read text puts me right to sleep, too.
It's okay! You can be honest with me. Besides, Jamil's good at potion-brewing and he's a great teacher! If we get his help, we'll have a sleeping potion whipped up in no time! Sit tight. I'll be right back!
Hardly, especially considering you already dragged me all the way to the potionology lab. You have my aid. As vice housewarden, I certainly wouldn't want our housewarden losing class credit. You've got your lab equipment in order. All right, go ahead and get started on the potion. I'll speak up if you make a misstep.
Slow down, Kalim. You're being way too fast and loose with this. Follow the textbook instructions to the letter. Compounding requires care and precision. That's Potionology 101.
Yes, because he's a PROFESSOR at Night Raven College teaching potionology, not a boy in danger of losing his class credit. We haven't yet mastered the basics, so it's important for us to take our time and proceed with caution. That goes for you too, Silver. Is that clear?
No, it's not just when I'm studying or listening to something complicated. I don't know what causes it. That's the trouble. Even the doctors are stumped, so it can't be an illness... *gasp* It must be my laziness that makes me drowsy!
If we want him to focus during the assignment, our best bet is to make him nice and alert. After all, when I attend ceremonies or housewarden meetings... You always make wake-up potions for me!
Hey! Not all of the components are in the garden! In fact, none of this is actually your assignment... You're supposed to be making a SLEEPING potion, not a glorified cup of coffee!
As I already told you, the garden doesn't have every component. Dawnweed is a rare medicinal herb. You'd have to go to the forest a ways out from here to find any.
I guess we'll have to throw in the towel on the wake-up potion, then. I want to follow in Father's footsteps and become a great knight, which is another reason I'd hoped to fix my sleep issue. *sigh*
It's nothing of the sort. Ever since I was a kid, any time I got lost or just felt discouraged when training went poorly, animals would come up and help me. I'm not sure what it is. I've heard of animal magnetism, but maybe I have it in a literal sense?
