After a little longer battling with the Pixies pulling on his hair, Dalton was relieved to see that they had left. He collected the last of his ingredients from the floor, before straightening his robes and turning back to the cauldron. Throwing in the Alihotsy leaves, he set a timer for twenty minutes and then turned to place the rest of his ingredients in order of when they'd be used. When that was done, he spent the rest of the stewing time writing notes on the potion, paying special attention to the addition of the charcoal and bezoar to inhibit an overdose.

At the end of the twenty minutes, Dalton turned his timer off and looked up at the board. He spooned out the remaing leaves, and added the billywig stings and erumpent tongue, then set another timer for ten minutes and began stirring counter clockwise.