Haven't you got these digitized yet? Sally put a lot of mine on that... oh, what do you call it? Kimble? Kibble? That thing. I felt sure you'd have something similar...
They've got this thing which means you can search for specific words or phrases - really rather handy - and they take up far less space so it's much easier to carry around.
Indeed we do not, which opens up yet more avenues of investigation. Given the potentially infinite number of possible causes, I rather suspect my time is better spent researching diagnostic charms than scrabbling through potions books, don't you?
*holds up the book he has been reading, a battered text that appears to have been quietly liberated from the med-magic section of a school library.*
My word, you're being unusually dense tonight. Go and make some tea and see if you can work out what my reading of a textbook of diagnostic charms might have to do with gathering relevant data.
*Dumps books* *Leaves to make tea* *Returns a few moments later, calmer, and with a tray of tea things*
This parliamentary session ends on Tuesday and Bone's been far too quiet since the back bench business committee lost so much of its power. If it gets out that I can't protect Chris of all people or even return him to normal...
*Takes own cup of tea*
I'm sure you know all this. I don't need to tell you.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2012-04-28 07:28 pm (UTC)Good evening, Peter.
*John goes off to where Peter keeps his potion books and begins to look for suitable titles to work through*
Don't mind me; just pretend I'm not here.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:31 pm (UTC)*Begins to flick through the first book*
Haven't you got these digitized yet? Sally put a lot of mine on that... oh, what do you call it? Kimble? Kibble? That thing. I felt sure you'd have something similar...
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:34 pm (UTC)Whatever for?
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:37 pm (UTC)Hmmm...
*Takes a note of something from one of the books*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:47 pm (UTC)*returns to reading book*
Put the kettle on, would you?
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:49 pm (UTC)...are you really not in the least interested in how this person's done it?
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 07:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:02 pm (UTC)*Searches through another book, puts it down without taking notes and picks up another to look through*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:08 pm (UTC)*holds up the book he has been reading, a battered text that appears to have been quietly liberated from the med-magic section of a school library.*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:15 pm (UTC)Even if we manage to turn him back we still more than likely won't know who did it to him in the first place.
Come on, Peter, you've always been better at this sort of thing than I have; don't you have any idea what it could be?
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:26 pm (UTC)I have plenty of theories, but no data and until I have more of the latter I do not care to expand on the former.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:47 pm (UTC)*Leaves to make tea*
*Returns a few moments later, calmer, and with a tray of tea things*
This parliamentary session ends on Tuesday and Bone's been far too quiet since the back bench business committee lost so much of its power. If it gets out that I can't protect Chris of all people or even return him to normal...
*Takes own cup of tea*
I'm sure you know all this. I don't need to tell you.
*Sips at drink*
Found anything useful?
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 08:54 pm (UTC)*nods and murmurs along to John's rant*
Yes and that page has now been carefully removed.Not as such, no. But still, early days yet.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 09:02 pm (UTC)You're right. I shouldn't be looking up solutions, it's not helping at all - and especially not potions; that's your area of expertise.
*Begins to look for books about traces instead*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 09:20 pm (UTC)*returns to carefully eliminating anything helpful from the textbook*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-28 09:21 pm (UTC)*Begins browsing books on the top shelf*
Hmmm...