Ethan watched Alec as he processed all the information he was giving him along with all of his thoughts, nodding here and there as it seemed the younger boy understood what he was saying. Or at least about the leeches and daisies.. yes, they were on the same page here. Though he did chuckle just a bit as it seemed maybe the Prefect had offered too much information?
"I think the jumping qualities might stay.. depending," he said after a moment's thought. He wasn't completely sure on that, but depending on what was done to the potion, it did happen to be a magical element of the candy that might affect the rest of the potion. And then he listened as Alec gave his thoughts on the mandrake leaves and he slowly grinned. Yes, having antidotal properties was very much related to healing properties.
"Good thinking," he grinned at the younger boy. They were well on their way to having a decent potion out of all this.
"I think you're right," he nodded.
"We chose some pretty good ingredients to partner together." And he had originally thought his ingredients were too random..
He tilted his head curiously as Alec mentioned the flobberworm mucous, coming up with an idea of his own.
"Yeah, that's a good point.." he trailed off, musing aloud as the wheels started turning in his head. He grinned widely at Alec and nodded.
"That sounds like an awesome idea. We can create our potion to take away some sort of pain.. maybe inflammatory? The daisy root can help in shrinking the inflammation.. And I was thinking, since we're using the mucous to thicken, maybe we should make it more of an ointment to be applied topically instead of something to be ingested.." He paused for a moment and glanced at Alec to see what he thought and to make sure he wasn't getting too Ravenclaw on him.
The Prefect glanced down at his own journal, scribbling a few notes in it as Alec did the same. Steps and amounts.. that was a bit trickier..
"Um, yeah.." Ethan started slowly.
"Well, we should probably start with filling the cauldron with water.. maybe not fill, halfway or something? Then add the flobberworm mucous to make a nice, thick base.. I can chop up the daisy roots and mandrake leaves while we figure out the rest of the amounts and steps.. what do you think?" He gave the Hufflepuff a glance, interested in his thoughts, then pulled out his wand to get started.
Practicing non-verbal spells in Charms made him want to try a couple of the basic ones non-verbally. Concentrating fully on the cauldron, he cast a silent
Scourgify, smiling a bit to himself as he noticed it become visibly cleaner. Then he tried the same with
Aguamenti. His head hurt from concentrating so much, but all he managed was a thin trickle.
"Aguamenti!" he commanded and a stronger stream of water emitted until it was halfway full.
"Finite!" He didn't bother trying with the fire charm, just muttered,
"Incendio." He set the cauldron on the fire and let it set there while he and Alec figured out the rest of the steps.
"Maybe once it starts boiling add the mucous?" he asked, wanting the other boy's input. Or whatever he thought, really..