[the tea will take a few minutes to warm up, and if what Tonic said is true, it will also take a few minutes for the substance to have any affect. Tonic is perfectly fine with the wait himself, busy with his dress pulled up to his thigh, pressing down on the release mechanisms that will detach his prosthetic leg.]
Not rude at all. It's actually based on a very old remedy for night sickness.
[he twists--and off comes his leg. he sets it aside, though it still has a heavy boot on it, and starts to unlace the boot on his other foot. he explains in a pleasant tone, while water starts simmering on the table in front of them.]
You mix one part phantom-root and two parts dram, which is... basically a crystal that grows between layers of rock, sometimes. [he laughs lightly, moving his other boot to the side, smoothing out his dress.] I'm not sure what first possessed someone to eat rock crystals to figure it out, but it's lucky that they did. It has a very soothing effect on most people.
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Not rude at all. It's actually based on a very old remedy for night sickness.
[he twists--and off comes his leg. he sets it aside, though it still has a heavy boot on it, and starts to unlace the boot on his other foot. he explains in a pleasant tone, while water starts simmering on the table in front of them.]
You mix one part phantom-root and two parts dram, which is... basically a crystal that grows between layers of rock, sometimes. [he laughs lightly, moving his other boot to the side, smoothing out his dress.] I'm not sure what first possessed someone to eat rock crystals to figure it out, but it's lucky that they did. It has a very soothing effect on most people.