Oh wow. Water really took ages to boil when you were watching it. That was kind of boring. But Hattie got some of her other ingredients ready whilst she was waiting. That would hopefully mean that she didn't have to waste too much time when she was further along in the potion brewing. She also took some time to read over the instructions again. She really didn't want to get anything wrong at all. Oooh. Finally! The water was boiling. Well done water. After finely chopping the stargrass the the silver dagger she added it to her potion. That seemed good.

Next step! She picked up the boom berry juice, and added it to her potion. Hattie then carefully stirred counter-clockwise for three minute. She paused for 5 seconds before then stirring counter-clockwise for another 2 minutes. She made sure she was using the glass stirrer for this. She didn't' want to mess it up now! She was doing pretty well.

Finally, she moved the stirrer away, and began adding the drops of Dittany into her potion. 23. Better not lose count.