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Stephan and Errol climbed down the stairs into the science wing. The smell was science and alchemy—a hospital smell of ammonia and unnatural chemical, mixed with the earthy pungent smell of dried nature. For the first time since he’d been at Rowther, Stephan felt relaxed.

Errol glanced around. “This room.” Lab tables crossed the room horizontally. At the front of the room was a demonstration table covered with a cauldron and glassware. Errol nodded approvingly. “I think we can do good work here.”

Stephan glanced through a thick stained book on the lectern. “Lead into gold? I think that this is an O level transformation.” He leafed through the parchment pages. “Love potions?” Stephan made a face.

“Our textbook is not as arcane,” said Errol.

“Binding magic wouldn’t be in here.” Stephan looked longingly at the door by the blackboard.

“No,” said Errol. “Probably if he has anything on poisons, it’s locked away. Come look at this.” Errol was looking at a diagram of the four elements of transmutation: fire, earth, water, and air. Magical symbols elaborated on the transformations of each. “This defies what they do across the hall.”

“Hmm,” said Stephan. “I’m going to try to avoid understanding what they do across the hall.”

“You should be fine studying both as long as you don’t mix the two,” said Errol. “It’s never good to mix the possible and the impossible.”

Stephan chose not to reflect on that. “We need something to make Esme’s circle out of, something particularly resistant to demons.”

Catherine

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