Now that Peiter understood what was going on, he looked into the mortar with more interest. Upon Sabine's suggestion, he started to grind together the parts of the plants that he had not yet touched. Just as before, they started producing a dim light. Although, he did not feel any closer to understanding how it worked. He supposed that there was some way to make the light brighter, and to store the effect in a potion so that it would not create the light immediately, but those steps were probably a lot harder than just grinding together two plants. 

"I didn't know alchemy's effects could be so...visible. I don't know if I really understand it, though. It just seems like magic to me. Though, I guess it really [i]is[/i] magic, isn't it?" Peiter commented. 

"Oh, thank you." La'khay said to Tzirret as he started to walk away, though her expression turned to concern once he was looking away. His behavior had been strange, to say the least, and she was beginning to worry about what might be the cause. Nevertheless, they still had their responsibilities for the moment, so those concerns would have to wait until they had found the clan. Everyone was close to being ready to begin the search, so they would be departing within a few minutes, leaving Uthri's group to watch the camp.