Experiment

- Albedo, may I add some of the hoppy nectar? Does this follow your notes? The alchemist looked away from the notes of the actual experiment and thought deeply. - Try it," he said succinctly, as if cut off. Taking a pipette into a vial of poisonous yellow liquid, it instantly fills with one careful movement of his fingers. A little while later, Lumine adds a single drop to the flask. Nothing happened. Very strange... Goes against all laws of reaction. The scientist's blue eyes, like the sky on a clear day, watched the girl's actions carefully. Clearly suspecting something wrong, he furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the notes. - Add more. - It seems to me that it's better not to na- - Add more. - Albedo replied with obvious displeasure. Lumine, not daring to disobey the Chief Alchemist's order, added a little more. About two drops. Suddenly, both of them smell a strange burning odor. It smells like burnt sugar and something sour. - Don't touch it! - Unfortunately, Lumin hears this phrase too late and reaches to turn off the primus because of the sudden result of this experiment. The liquid, which had taken on the color of caramel due to the addition of nectar, suddenly spurted out of the circular flask and burned the traveler's hand. Through a sharp, penetrating to the bones pain, turning off the primus, Lumin began to clench and unclench her hand to reduce the effect of the burn. - I'll get cold water now. Wait. - Albedo said. Tossing the sheets of notes from the experiments, he took a small basin and poured ice water into it. Returning with the object in hand, he placed it on the table. Carefully taking the girl's burned hand, the Alchemist lowered it into the basin. Gritting her teeth and hissing in pain, the girl turned her head away so as not to see what was happening. - I warned you. - Too late. What did you say? "Try", "try"! So we did. - Who'd have thought the experiment wouldn't go the way I'd planned? Well, you'd think it would. - I can see why you wear gloves. - They don't always save the day either. Turning his palm over to the inside of his hand, he examined the burn to get a closer look. - It's a bad burn. It'll leave a scar. Helping his hand out of the basin, from the bottom drawer of the lab table, Albedo pulled out a bandage. It must have been brand new, for it smelled of alcohol-laced antiseptic. He began to carefully wrap it around the small injury, from palm to wrist. Having reeled off a little more than necessary, the scientist tore it and made something like a not tight knot. - Thank you. - I'll take it from here," he said with some disappointment and annoyance. - I'm sorry," Lumine said, as if feeling guilty - It's both of our fault. You didn't take care of yourself, and I didn't look after you. As I should have. I don't want you to hurt yourself in my lab again. - You do," the traveler said with a smirk. - Don't forget that you're a rare visitor, and I'm here from morning till night," Albedo said without taking a break from wiping the table. - Will you show me the side effects of your profession, science man? - Lumin said with a smile.