Maddie nodded as her eyes begin to shine with excitement. "You talk just like a professor," she said, and that was a compliment, by the way. In Maddie's mind, this meant Katy sounded like she knew almost everything in the whole world about potions. She looked back at the fire seed bush, suddenly seeing it in a different light. She was amazed by it before, but now it seemed like this mysterious object that held so many secrets just waiting to be discovered! Maddie just didn't want to catch herself on fire in the process!

Maddie nodded at Katy's gloves then held up her own to say that she, too, was prepared and ready to go! With her eyes about as wide as they could possibly go, and her heart beating two bazillion miles per hour, Maddie watched as Katy dug deep into the bush and pulled out a smoldering little seed. "Wow," she whispered. So this was why the bucket needed to be so hot for them to pick the seeds. AMAZED was an understatement right now.

"Boy do I ever!" she exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear at the very thought of plunging her hand into that fire. She wouldn't burn to death...she had an older, super smart, professor-like student with her! What could go wrong?! Maddie sat on her knees and leaned over toward the bush. She pushed her gloved hand into the bush, wrapped her fingers around a seed, and pulled it out. "This is as exciting as cupcakes!" she said to Katy. She repeated this two more times until they'd collected all their fire seeds. "Done," she told her partner.