> "Unfortunately not. The future you was still recovering and did not elaborate much. She may have thought the finer details would have been lost on me, which would likely have been true. I am not even sure exactly at what point the experiment went wrong, as I was conversing with the mermaid that recently moved into the lake at the time."
>"I think that last part may be the most surprising bit of all," Patchouli says.
>The three of you reach the center of the library. "Petite, you will read off each of the components, and I will check over them," Patchouli says.
>"Sure thing, boss," Koakuma says, as she plops down on a chair, crossing her legs with excessive provocativeness and giving you a saucy wink as she pulls out a slip of paper from her breast pocket. She then begins to read down a lengthy list, naming things such a Butter of Antimony and King's Yellow, and other times rattling off long mixtures. Patchouli confirms each one, clearly bored. Minutes pass.
>"182 pinches of Verdigris, dissolved into Aqua Fortis," Koakuma reads.
>Patchouli gives the devil a sour look. "I have no time for your jokes, particularly I'm already dealing with Sakuya's jokes."
>"What are you talking about?" Koakuma says, frowning. "I'm just reading the list."
>"That is not on the list. Only a fool or Marisa would ever consider more than 130 pinches of Verdigris," Patchouli says.
>"Then why'd you write down 182, you butt monster?" Koakuma says.
>"I absolutely did not," Patchouli says, as she approaches her familiar.
>"Then I guess you're the words best witch who can't read, because that's what it says!" Koakuma says, as she thrusts the list in Patchouli's face.
>"...What in the world?" Patchouli says, frowning at the list.
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