It was harder to gauge her competition as an adult, as a student she could at least roughly guess which of her competitors she needed to worry about most. Here she wasn't sure at all. There was no time for dwelling on it, however, if she wanted to progress in the competition she would have to actually brew a potion.

After a reasonable amount of time, Pet finished her antidote. She hoped the others who had finished before her had done so in haste rather than ease.
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