“It’s okay. She’s been gone for a while now”, Tristan replied when Leander said that he was sorry to hear that, sorry to hear that Ayla’s mother was dead. He had never felt anything for Syroa – he hadn’t even known that it had been her when he had slept with her; she had been in disguise – but it still pained him to know that Ayla would never get to know her mother. Syroa had done a lot of very bad things, but didn’t the fact that she had given him such a wonderful daughter mean something? He pondered that question for a few moments before he focused on Leander who had just had an interesting idea again.
“I don’t know much about brewing”, he admitted with a small smile. “But I could certainly make something that you can add to the beverage during or after the brewing process, something that neutralizes the negative effects of alcohol. Do you think Ilaren would approve though?” he asked and proceeded to scratch his head. Ilaren was the Immortal of Alcohol, and the beverage would still be alcoholic. Did Ilaren’s domain also include hangovers though? Were hangovers a non-negotiable part of alcohol?
“I suppose we could just ask her”, he decided a moment later and grinned. “If we make an alcoholic beverage that doesn’t give you a hangover, more people might decide to drink alcohol. Ilaren might like that. It’s an excellent idea”, he told Leander. Of course, he had no idea that Leander was a mostly functioning alcoholic. He thought he was like himself, a creative man who enjoyed good drinks and food and who wanted to become a proper Rharnian and appreciate all aspects of his new home.
“Oh, that’s a great idea. That will work”, he remarked when Leander mentioned how he would categorize the potions. “We could have little stars next to the name of the potion, one star for a potion that’s easy to make, two for potions that are kind of hard to make, and three for potions that are very hard to make. There are also potions you definitely shouldn’t attempt without the guidance of the one who invented them though”, he realized. “I wouldn’t let someone attempt to make my spirit-speech potion by just following a recipe from a book, for example.”
“But then again, we’ll focus on medicine, so we likely won’t include that particular potion anyway”, he decided and proceeded to shrug his shoulders very lightly before he considered Leander’s next question. It was an excellent one in his opinion.
“We could include a chapter on where to get your reagents from – and another one on which tools to use”, he finally said. “For this particular book, we should just focus apothecaries, herb shops and so on in my opinion as anything else would be too complicated. If the book’s a success, we could write another book on how to harvest reagents in the wilderness – or start your own garden. What do you think?” he wanted to know, took a sip from his glass of juice and grabbed a cookie.
All that talking and thinking was making him hungry and thirsty!
“I don’t know much about brewing”, he admitted with a small smile. “But I could certainly make something that you can add to the beverage during or after the brewing process, something that neutralizes the negative effects of alcohol. Do you think Ilaren would approve though?” he asked and proceeded to scratch his head. Ilaren was the Immortal of Alcohol, and the beverage would still be alcoholic. Did Ilaren’s domain also include hangovers though? Were hangovers a non-negotiable part of alcohol?
“I suppose we could just ask her”, he decided a moment later and grinned. “If we make an alcoholic beverage that doesn’t give you a hangover, more people might decide to drink alcohol. Ilaren might like that. It’s an excellent idea”, he told Leander. Of course, he had no idea that Leander was a mostly functioning alcoholic. He thought he was like himself, a creative man who enjoyed good drinks and food and who wanted to become a proper Rharnian and appreciate all aspects of his new home.
“Oh, that’s a great idea. That will work”, he remarked when Leander mentioned how he would categorize the potions. “We could have little stars next to the name of the potion, one star for a potion that’s easy to make, two for potions that are kind of hard to make, and three for potions that are very hard to make. There are also potions you definitely shouldn’t attempt without the guidance of the one who invented them though”, he realized. “I wouldn’t let someone attempt to make my spirit-speech potion by just following a recipe from a book, for example.”
“But then again, we’ll focus on medicine, so we likely won’t include that particular potion anyway”, he decided and proceeded to shrug his shoulders very lightly before he considered Leander’s next question. It was an excellent one in his opinion.
“We could include a chapter on where to get your reagents from – and another one on which tools to use”, he finally said. “For this particular book, we should just focus apothecaries, herb shops and so on in my opinion as anything else would be too complicated. If the book’s a success, we could write another book on how to harvest reagents in the wilderness – or start your own garden. What do you think?” he wanted to know, took a sip from his glass of juice and grabbed a cookie.
All that talking and thinking was making him hungry and thirsty!
