I mean, turnin' stuff into other stuff is just science. I only ever heard of alchemy as takin' cheap stuff like iron and lead, then turnin' it into gold. It ain't real, though, not back home. You can't turn one element into another, you'd have to be able to add electrons or somethin' like that. We got a whole table of all the different elements and how many particles are in each one.

[ Welcome to high school chemistry with Julie. She can remember certain vocabulary words, but don't ask her to define them. She's honestly not even sure about that electron thing, but it sounds good. Next lesson, papier-mâché volcanoes.

Without much thought, she pulls the blanket back over him once he's in bed, then sits in a chair to swap her shoes into sturdier boots. ] Right, so don't make me take you down, boy.

Okay, I gotta go back downstairs, put dinner on the fire, then I have to brush the horses, 'specially that one you came on, he's a mess. I'll be back up to put more of Nadine's salve on your back later, I'll bring supper then. Need anythin' else?