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I should stop volunteering for things. Or better yet, get Katya to keep me from it. But someone had to help Benito pick out a present for Brocklehurst; he thinks presents ought to be Useful and that’s all well and good but what Benito Quirke thinks is Useful and Special looks an awful lot like a curse in progress to most of the underclassmen.

Anyhow. I was able to convince Benito that the more acceptable sort of bezoar (not FRESH) was a perfectly apt present for a budding young alchemist like Brocklehurst and Rodrigo and Katya got him to sign his name to the card. Angelo was of the opinion that he ought to send it with flowers, but since we don’t know whether or not Brocklehurst has allergies, it was better to err on the side of caution.

But it was worth it, even if it was time consuming. A girlfriend really would do Benito good.