Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"We can certainly make arrangements for supplementary curriculum as well as differentiated curriculum in the potions lab. Let us see how you score on your finals, and then we will discuss the matter in my office over tea." He smiled at the little girl, happy to encourage her oh-so-Slytherin ambition. "Not sloth brain. But close. Very, very close. It is something in the stores, and as I said, something that is a fluid-- a liquid. Think about what you are trying to accomplish with the ingredient, and see if you can research it... There is a book in the shelves entitled Side Effects and Salamanders: Mundane Animals Used in Potions that you may find quite helpful. It is the dusty one with the grey-green binding, third shelf from the bottom. Do be careful with the binding, it is out of print and quite fragile." He gestured toward a worn, dusty book that looked as though it had seen many decades of use.