Still stirring, Janelle entertained herself by thinking about what she would do after class was over. Lost in thought, she heard her watch beep softly and knew that her ten minutes was up. Looking into the cauldron, Janelle saw that her potion was indeed lighter in color. Relieved that things seemed to be going well, she was ready for the next step.

Janelle knew that she had to keep stirring. To give her arm a break, she transferred the stirrer into her other hand and resumed her clockwise stirring. Now it was tortoise shell time. Picking up the bowl containing the shell, Janelle poured the powder into her cauldron. Then she quickly set her watch to time for eight minutes. The stirrer mixed the powder into the rest of the liquid and after several minutes, it became a nice creamy color. It was kind of like adding cream to coffee. It had a sort of milkiness to it now. Why was it that Janelle could always find a way to relate everything to food? Oh well, back to task.

This time, Janelle figured that she would watch her classmates while she waited for the timer to go off. That should keep her attention for a few minutes at least. Glancing over at Zeke, she saw that he was moving along quickly and was well ahead of her in the brewing process. Everyone else seemed to be moving along. No one had blown anything up yet, so that was a win.

Janelle checked her watch, even though she knew that her time was not up yet. Of course it wasn't, there hadn't been any beeping. Wishful thinking, yeah? At last, the watch signaled the end of the eight minutes. Yay!! Janelle extinguished the flame. She was nearing the finish line. Soon, but not yet. While continuing to stir, she reached for her bowl and poured the caterpillar into the cauldron. After that, she added the bat tongue to the potion. Then she set her watch timer for five minutes. Five minutes and no more stirring. But for now, stir, stir, stir and wait, wait, wait.