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Alice: I do not wish to raise hopes unnecessarily amongst the wider audience of the Order, but as you asked us to keep you informed, I am cautiously pleased to announce that Mr Hembly (his name to the best of our ability to ascertain it) was treated yesterday with our version of the second Sleeper potion. We have observed noticeable change in his vitals and his (lack of) responses. It is too early to say for certain, but I have a strong belief we have indeed found the missing step in the protocol.
It will take at least another day — perhaps up to three — for the second layer of the potion to take full effect, after which we will test our antidote. I am, to an uncharacteristic degree, optimistic about our chances of success.
(Although I must caution you against too much celebration: the ingredients for our antidote candidate are both expensive and difficult to obtain, and the brewing process is long, exhausting, and exacting. Should the candidate prove successful, there are certain economies of scale we may gain from larger batches of production, but to begin mass manufacture we will require the services of anyone in the Order who is capable of excellence at the bench, with additional assistance from those who are less skilled at the cauldron to participate in ingredient preparation. In order to brew past several hundred doses, we will also need to do significant negotiation with those in France who might be sympathetic to our cause for certain of the ingredients. But I am attempting to save the practicality for after we ascertain success.)
Miss Granger: before I forget again, I have an assignment for you. While we wait for Mr Hembly's vitals to indicate his tissues have achieved full saturation, and while I work with the sample of werewolf blood Madam Pomfrey has obtained for us, I would like for you to spend some attention in ensuring the details of your work on the Sleeper project is up to date in your journeywoman's notebooks. (While your documentation has been of invariably high quality thus far, this is an excellent opportunity to review your notes and elabourate on those things that may have fallen by the wayside in the heat of discovery.) Your contributions to the project have been indispensable; your notebooks ought reflect that fact. I fully expect your work on this project will some day form the backbone of your Mastery: look to expanding your notebooks with an eye towards rebutting in advance those who will look to minimise your accomplishments, while matters are still fresh in your mind.
It will take at least another day — perhaps up to three — for the second layer of the potion to take full effect, after which we will test our antidote. I am, to an uncharacteristic degree, optimistic about our chances of success.
(Although I must caution you against too much celebration: the ingredients for our antidote candidate are both expensive and difficult to obtain, and the brewing process is long, exhausting, and exacting. Should the candidate prove successful, there are certain economies of scale we may gain from larger batches of production, but to begin mass manufacture we will require the services of anyone in the Order who is capable of excellence at the bench, with additional assistance from those who are less skilled at the cauldron to participate in ingredient preparation. In order to brew past several hundred doses, we will also need to do significant negotiation with those in France who might be sympathetic to our cause for certain of the ingredients. But I am attempting to save the practicality for after we ascertain success.)
Miss Granger: before I forget again, I have an assignment for you. While we wait for Mr Hembly's vitals to indicate his tissues have achieved full saturation, and while I work with the sample of werewolf blood Madam Pomfrey has obtained for us, I would like for you to spend some attention in ensuring the details of your work on the Sleeper project is up to date in your journeywoman's notebooks. (While your documentation has been of invariably high quality thus far, this is an excellent opportunity to review your notes and elabourate on those things that may have fallen by the wayside in the heat of discovery.) Your contributions to the project have been indispensable; your notebooks ought reflect that fact. I fully expect your work on this project will some day form the backbone of your Mastery: look to expanding your notebooks with an eye towards rebutting in advance those who will look to minimise your accomplishments, while matters are still fresh in your mind.
