While admiring the "Liquid Amethyst," Rorschach was suddenly struck by a very serious question. "Antoine, this stuff isn't addictive, is it?"
Caught off guard by Rorschach's serious expression, Antoine stammered, "N-No? The Mages in the Alchemy Department drink it all the time. When the supply was cut off during the move, they were fine. I've tried it myself... The taste is even stranger than regular herbs, and I have no desire to drink it again."
Rorschach breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. Then let's follow the previous steps and produce more of sample number four."
"What if... it is addictive?" Antoine couldn't help but ask.
'If it were, it wouldn't be this cheap... Of course, if it were addictive, it could never be allowed onto the market!' That was Rorschach's bottom line. "In that case," he said, "not a single drop of the sample can leave this laboratory. Now, let's not dwell on it. We should also finalize the sublimation temperature for the mallow fruit extract..."
