As they went, his curiosity overtook his concern for his elder brother.

Noble frowned at the assortment of ingredients they had assembled on the table when they were done. "This one is more unusual," he said, running through the options in his mind — none of the options were anything he would have expected Ford to run into pretty much ever. He wanted to ask what it had been used for, but if Ford knew, he wouldn't be asking. "Is there — do you remember anything about the ingredient amounts?"

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