Kathryn waited for her water to boil. When it was boiling she added 10 slices of ginger roots, then she added 1/8 of a teaspoon Wartcap powder, careful not to let it get on her hand. She then started to stir counterclockwise.

Five minutes later she added the feathers and black pepper, this time she started stiring clockwise looking at the clock every few seconds.

After 2 minutes she stopped stirring and removed the cauldron fron the fire. She started stirring clockwise again, this time for 3 minutes.

"I think that's right," she thought to herself, looking over the instructions to make sure she had done everything right. When she didn't see anything wrong, she asked, "Professor Branxton, is this right?"