There's no way potion making and species are that inextricably linked. I've put my total trust in you for all your seemingly irrelevant-to-alchemy teaching methods, but this is where I draw the line. I'm... too scared.
...
I hate to admit it, but despite the fantastic experiences I've had (and believe me, they're many), the idea of never going back... that's some serious stuff. A big decision. I can't just do that on a whim because I want to learn potion brewing. I'm sorry...
*stares*
Well, FINALLY! What is
wrong with you??
Okay, look. The point I have been
trying to make, here, was that you should not commit yourself fully to anything. That you should feel ready to think for yourself and be the master of your own fate, even if some formal relationship you have bumbled yourself into would demand otherwise. That you should perhaps feel a bit suspicious if a single word about alchemy hasn't been spoken to you after days in the apprenticeship? That you
shouldn't guzzle rat transformation potions by the basketload nonstop?!
How,
how is it not
blatantly obvious by now that I do not have the slightest intention of teaching you any alchemy, ever?! That I only lied that I would so I could transform you into a rodent again?! How can anyone, anywhere, be this obedient and gullible?! That was not a rhetorical question, I demand an explanation! *stares furiously*
Oh...
the yogurt! You were supposed to see through that as you went on with that idiotic task! And tell me off! And be smug about it! Instead you
ate all my yogurt! It's
friggin' gone!
Do you know how much I looked forward to eating that yogurt?! Because it was
a lot! D: