Night.
Stars filled the sky, twinkling brilliantly.
Gro sat on the bed in his bedroom, having chased away all the maids and guards from the room, staring intently at an hourglass on the table next to him, looking as if he was bewitched.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The sand flowed quickly, and Gro's eyes stayed open without blinking for several minutes, red with bloodshot veins.
Finally...
"Swish... swish-swish...", all the sand in the upper part of the hourglass shone brightly, signaling the most suitable time for meditation had arrived.
"Hu," Gro took a deep breath, calming his excited emotions, then picked up the Mysterious Potion dihydrogen monoxide Richard had given him, took a small sip, and drank about one-third of it. Afterward, he opened the bottle of ether and took a deep sniff.
