wItH A PeNsIeVe

Daniel knew what Atlas was trying to do. He was trying to elaborate on his answer to get the attention and he was proven right when he went on about how memories could be altered. Which was not what this was about? The Professor had only asked for some ways how memory could be preserved and not about the accuracy of the spell.

The Hufflepuff rolled his eyes when he was done talking. 'Show-off' he thought. As the class continued, the first year finally opened up his notebook and began to copy the keywords that the students around him were mentioning about the subject on how to develop photographs. He already knew that a special potion was used to achieve the moving of the photos that Claudine mentioned but WHAT kind of potion was it? So when it came to the potion brewing part and they were going to be making that exact potion, the Hufflepuff was excited to start.

But before he could start, Atlas Flamsteed happened. He watched him attempting the water-making spell and when it did not work he...stared at the tip of his wand?! Instead of advising him not to do that cause it was dangerous, Daniel waited expectedly almost eagerly and let out a snort!laugh when the charm hit him in the face.

Idiot.

Leaving him on the ground because the older Gryffindor was not a baby and could get up by himself, Daniel turned to his cauldron and pointed his wand at it. Although it was not part of the step, he still used the scouring charm on the cauldron in case any left-over potion from the previous class was left in the cauldron before pointing his wand at the cup next to his cauldron "Aguamenti" he said and frowned when nothing happened. No! He was supposed to be able to use this spell on the first try or else he'll look stupid as well! "Aguamenti!" he said more firmly and let out a sigh when water filled the cup. He added it to the cauldron and then repeated the same spell and added a second cup. This done, Daniel lit up the heat under the cauldron on a low flame until it began to simmer and added the vinegar after measuring it in the cups twice.

While this was going he took the Dransul leaves from his workstation and began to crush them until they were acid and grabbed the dropper. He cleaned the dropper first before adding three drops of the acid to the cauldron and...and then what? He inspected the chalkboard at the front of the classroom to read the next step.