ooc: it does? *slaps head* THAT explains how many of my homeworks doesn't seem to find an end! lol, I should have known I had to invent.


"So about the rats..." Nadia ponders. "You know, I am thinking of ancient Egyptians who believed to be able to retain the youngth in a dead person by momifying. This potion acts like an counter-aging potion of some sort as well, while the cat, the mortal enemy of rats, is the pet of Egyptians. Plus, add to it the "eternal chase" of the cat and the mouse to be representative of the equally "eternal chase" for yought in ladies since ancient times, and -alas!- even Cleopatra was one of them, and there you have! A possible explanation to the rat spleen in the Shrinking Potion!"

... "Well, almost. We need to find out why *spleen* and not another part of the body. Do any of you know myths about spleen?"
*shudders* "How funny..."