Tobias' grandma had always said something about how a watched pot never boils. One day, when she wasn't noticing, he sat and stared at a saucepan of water intently while the water inside was boiling when she was making dinner, and came to the conclusion that a kettle totally DID still boil if you were looking at. Though he'd never actually pointed out that she had been wrong.

It wasn't until today, right now, that Toby finally understood what his grandmother might have meant by that little turn of phrase. He was sat here, staring intently at the plant for what felt like HOURS (but thankfully was only about twenty minutes or so). He bit his lip and checked his watch again and stared back at the plant's leaves. Maybe if he just did something else while waiting, and periodically glanced back to check? That could work.

He had his runes textbook after all, so why not get a little extra studying done? But as Toby reached for the book, he caught sight of the bracelet on his wrist again, with the glow of the runes finally dying out as he watched. Toby sat still, looking and thinking. He could just... chant again, to get them to glow? It might not make any difference to the plant's progress, as the potion had already been poured, but Toby wanted to make the runes glow again, and it would help to try to practice the chant again, in case it came up in his OWLs.

Toby drew his hand back from his book and rested his arm on this desk, looking at the cool healing charm bracelet. He glanced at his notes for a second, then back again, and then repeated his chant for funsies. Again, he stayed focused on the healing properties of his current wristwear, and how the spell would assist any sort of healing task he might want to complete while wearing it.

"Sowilo sowilo sowilo... u u u u u u u u u... s s s o o o l l l..." Again, the runes glowed, and so brightly too, especially now that they had his absolute utmost attention, and he wasn't also trying to focus on steadying his hand like when he'd poured that potion. "... ju ja ji je jo, us as is es os, j j j e e e r r r a a a, si se su sa su, u u u u u u r r r r r r, s s s s s s s s s..."

Wicked. Toby smiled to himself before raising his arm a little, and rotating the bracelet around his wrist with his other hand. It never ceased to amaze him, the whole gandr thing. Like, you could activate these runes without a wand, so it was TECHNICALLY wandless magic. So super cool; he wondered how anyone could not think that Ancient Runes was totally amazing. WAS there anyone who thought that?

He glanced at the plant again, and... where the dots fading? Was it looking slightly healthier? Possibly his imagination, but Toby liked to focus on the positive thought, and believe that the potion was doing its job.

Not healed yet though, it still needed time. So Toby did actually pick up his Ancient Runes textbook this time, and flip through it to where he'd left off during his last studying session. He attempted to try and read through the chapter, but it was like someone had flicked a switch in his brain; the focus he'd had during the practical runes stuff had suddenly decided to take a leave of absence, and he couldn't keep his eyes on the book for more than a minute before his concentration wandered. But still he tried, occasionally glancing up to check on his plant.