Avalon's furrowed her brow at Professor Noble's tone as he responded to her question. She didn't think it was too odd of a question to ask. She recalled that several potions could be salvaged if you made a mistake. And goodness, she had just stirred the wrong way one time. Why did it matter which direction she stirred, anyway? It's not like she added an extra teaspoon of an ingredient or set her cauldron on fire. But alas, she didn't want to cause a scene, so she nodded politely. "Thank you," she said as he vanished her cauldron.

She suppressed a sigh as she measured out another cup of murtlap essence and brought it to a simmer. Taking extra care to measure her gingko and eyebright precisely, she peered at the board, which now showed all the directions. After stirring clockwise twice (she would not mess this up again), Avalon watched her cauldron and her wristwatch like a hawk for the next five minutes. Thankfully, her potion turned a beautiful lavender color.

It still seemed a bit weird to add a cucumber to an eyesight potion. However, she had often heard of Muggles placing cucumbers on their eyes when they wanted to relax, so perhaps there was some sort of relationship there. The liquid in the cauldron darkened into a royal purple hue. Moving right along! She took her moly flower, which she had placed at the corner of her workstation in the mean time, and dropped it gingerly into the brew. Then, it was back to the wristwatch to time the simmering. At exactly three minutes and thirty seconds, she flipped off her burner. And now to wait again, she thought to herself as she dipped her thermometer into the cauldron.