With every passing experiment, Elara seemed more and more positive about their progress. The last one had been especially intense for all parties involved, so Elara agreed to postpone any more experiments until at the very least after the ball. Even with Sirona’s help afterwards, Amelia was now terrified. I told her to rest and do something fun, while I returned to the library for my favourite thing: researching. Before finding my friends and fellow researchers, I entered the maze of bookshelves with new topics to look for. Elara had given me a short list with different races to look into. Some I knew from childrens’ stories, others I had never heard about. Elara had added that she wasn’t sure if they would all show up, but I didn’t mind looking into all of them. I wanted to stop feeling