Volunteer? Adi would love to! But he was too late in expressing his willingness out loud as Caleb had already swooped in. He grinned at the other boy's eagerness as he turned to continue the steps in brewing the potion.

Adi counted out the eight drops of Salamander blood as he added it to the cauldron. Next, he grabbed the wooden and Scourgified it again. Just in case because he had no intentions of starting his potion all over again. He began to stir. Two stirs counter clockwise, two stirs clockwise. And repeat. Repeat until he had stirred the total of sixteen times. Indeed his potion was now the dark blue colour. Success!

So the flobberworm mucus was optional? Hmmm. Adi wasn't sure if he wanted to use the thing so until he made up his mind, he passed the time by scribing the instructions in his book.