That was magnificent.

I'm glad you enjoyed the opening ceremony, Glenn.

I, I am humbled in your presence.

Great lady.

Suki of the fallen wood.

I am flattered, but there's no need for such formalities here, sorcerer.

We are all equals in the fallen forest.

It's too bad there was actually supposed to be a musical guest performing tonight, but they never showed.

Are you really a nymph?

Last time I checked.

I'm so glad you came, Braden.

You do really know all of us.

Toto was right about you.

What do you mean?

He believes you care enough about nature to actually reconnect to it.

Don't most people.

If most people care for the natural world enough to bother reconnecting to it?

Do you think it'd be in such an imperiled state?

Touché.

And you must be bah bah bah.

Why?

You are charming.

Thank you, my dear.

It's a pleasure to meet you as well.

And thank you for bringing your friends this evening for Miss Forman.

Terrace night is one of my favorites of the festival.

Conk.

Deep hoof.

Conk.

Deep horse of county.

Boost your immune system.

Improve your digestion.

Piping hot horse.

Hoof County.

Get it?

You'll regret it.

Oh.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Oh.

Wow.

Tasty elixir of that.

Yes.

It is a pleasant flavored infusion.

Oh, so it was brewed in a kettle.

Oh, if that I'm not sure.

But it's an infusion because it was brewed with water.

Well, that's not the distinction the Sorcerer's Compendium would make.

And what would that distinction be?

Well, if it was brewed in a kettle, then sure, it's an infusion.

But if it were brewed in, say, a bottle, then it would be a tincture.

You know, to be a tincture, it simply needs to be brewed in high proof alcohol.

No, no, it's all about the vessel.

Are you quite certain the Sorcerer's Compendium is very clear?

Kettles are for infusions, bottles and for tinctures.

Vials off of poisons and cauldrons.

All for potions.

So then what's the difference between a potion and a soup?

Well, the soup is made in a pot, of course.

That all sounds made up.

You sound made up.

Please forgive me, dear lady.

That was totally out of line.

But it is I who owes you an apology.

Mendicant.

It was rude of me to speak dismissively of the sorcerers compendia.

Oh, No harm, no foul, my lady.

Wonderful.

Then it's water under the bridge.

Oh, I do so enjoy a bit of rigorous debate with my friends.

Your friends?

Well, I'm honored to be counted as one great lady.

Suki is famous for mysterious tea.

Really good for digestion.

Many do find it to be a medicine, a diptyque, a tinder, a fabric.

It is an incredibly versatile fungi and remarkably abundant.

Hey, Stewart.

Oh.

Hello, Jean.

What was that?

All foam is foam mattress.

Indeed.

I use tinder conk smoke to harvest honey.

It chills out the bees.

I also make an extract from it, which boosts their immune systems and helps them fight off disease.

Well that's awesome.

It's great stuff.

Anyway, I got to go, but it was good to see you again.

Yeah, likewise.

Cheers.

Okay, this might be a stupid question, but what is Amadou?

Is it something that comes out of the mushroom?

There are no stupid questions, Renee.

Amadou is a suede like material made by processing the horse hoof conk.

Properly done, it can be used as both a fabric and a tinder stuff.

How is it processed?

That must be demonstrated to be properly understood.

Come.

Now they come to see that proof.

A mushroom can look like a hoof.

And when the peel is a face, a frame, it will make a hat.

Today.

But if fit warm, you want to be.

The number is the fire seed for not baby.

Find a tinder fit to burn into a cinder.

Is that Rumplestiltskin?

Nay, Rumplestiltskin is my ne'er do well cousin, the alchemist.

I be jungle filth.

Grindy.

I'm a dull waste spinning gold from straw as a cheap parlor trick compared to the toilet it takes to turn the tinder into the suede vibe of Velveteen.

Not my dull dangle feels green.

My friends here would like to see how Amadou is made.

Do they now?

Odd looking bunch and with a sorcerer in tow?

No doubt strange, odd and strange.

Baba.

Baba?

Baba?

Nah.

But there be a spor with the company.

Well, any friend of a spor is a friendly folk because I figure it.

And friendly folk are what I favor.

Coming on, I've got a cauldron of punks boiling that by now should be nigh ready to peel.