Realising Meesei's idea, Sabine looked up and stared into the fire for a moment. After considering, she looked at Meesei again. "I will look." Sabine wasted no time in standing up and looking around the storage areas she had not yet covered for supplies. There was every chance that the hunters could have had fire salts, and if they did, it would definitely add to the flexibility of their plan. Fire salt bombs were risky to carry around, but they would prove their worth if they could be used to set off the laboratory, or also the fire runes, from a distance.

"If you are thinking what I think you're thinking, that's a good idea," Ariel agreed, "if we have any fire salts, we will have more options as we go about this." She handed the spell reflection potion to Meesei, "As I understand it, your own spells will not be affected by the potion. I cannot guarantee that the hagravens will not see through your illusion, however. Like I said, they are very old and wise."

Sabine emerged back to the group in a surprisingly short amount of time. She carried in her hands a jar of orange powder retrieved from the crates of spices. Carefully, she removed the wide cork stopper from the jar and tossed a pinch of the powder into the fire. There was no reaction as far as anyone could tell. Replacing the cork, Sabine took the jar back and continued to search.

"How do we... incapacitate these hagravens?" Fendros asked, wondering what manner of creature they were exactly.

Ariel waved a hand dismissively, "They can be knocked out just the same as anyone. A sharp blow to the back of the head would suffice. Or if you have what you need, a way to put them to sleep by magical or alchemical means may be easier. I think."

"So they aren't so different to anyone else then?"

"You need to see them to understand." Ariel clarified, "Just don't try to best them without the potion and you should be fine."

This time, Sabine returned with a small clay pot. Removing the lid and tossing a pinch of the powder it contained into the fire caused a large flume of sparks. It seemed like they had found their fire salts.

Ariel smiled at Sabine's discovery. "Excellent. How much did you find?" Ariel asked, lifting her head to try and see into the jar. Sabine walked around the fire and showed her. "Good, good. Do you think there is enough to make about eight flasks and some fuses with that?" Ariel asked, looking to her sister's face. Sabine looked up and chewed on her lip for a moment, then shrugged unassuredly. Ariel was not too fazed, but her smile faded a small amount, "Well, there is probably enough to make what we'll need. If worse comes to worse, I have some fire salts at the shop that I can collect."

Janius wiped one eye and spoke up. "I'm sorry, I think you've lost me. How do the fire salts help us here?"