Ewan watched, his eyes drinking in the detail of the potion’s professor properly, the first time he’d actually payed attention in a lesson for a long time. It had been such a long time since something had pierced the misty film that was his life currently. Maybe it was the loss of memory or his ghostly features, but nothing seemed real. Not until today. Not until he actually had to pay attention in a lesson.

Raising his hand, he answered the professors question as simply as he could, what with this being an NEWT subject and there being students here who might struggle. “On its most basic level, metallurgy is the removal of metals from their ores. It looks at changing the metal for use. It is closely linked with alchamy too. You know, changing common metals into silver and gold”. He knew full well that there was so much more to metallurgy than meets the eye.