Lester grinned at her; he was delighted that she'd come around to working on Potions, and didn't bother hiding it. "Alright, let's do it," he said. The important thing was to capitalize on Sloane's momentum, he'd learned — otherwise she would get distracted and they'd never actually be able to get through the work.

"So one of the most essential parts of antidotes is a mandrake root..."

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