He therefore had to work in the one place to which he had easy and constant access: the dormitory he shared with four other Gryffindor boys.The table ...ext to his bed served as his worktable, on which sat a small collection of potion-making essentials. A perpetual flame burned low under a miniature cauldron, the vapour from which rose and was collected, and condensing flowed through a tube into a basin. The basin had to be stirred just so, at irregular intervals. Then, once the batch was. My alarm is always set at home, and I didn’t even think about setting one here.”“There is an alarm in your room, you just didn’t see it. It’s built into the room and is voice activated. Did you see the small booklet on the end table beside your bed?”“Nope,” I said, shaking my head.“It has all the details about the room, including all the voice commands. Give it a read later,” my dad finished.“I will, thanks.”It was pretty quiet with everyone eating, myself included, so I took the opportunity to. We had only managed to save a tiny fraction of the girls at this year's marriage gate, 383 of the most accomplished women at the threshold of their adulthood. We had moved just in time to save the 258 0.6's. Their marriage ceremonies were imminent, some scheduled for as early as tomorrow.I looked at my Council. They appeared to be in a state of shock. Jibran turned to me with glassy eyes. "The child monasteries!" he whispered. "How long..."I nodded. Jibran saw the core dilemma facing our. I was then allowed to exit through the door of the fort like a gentleman which I decidedly didn't figure I was now. I was out for blood. Quinctius was the highest ranking man behind the pirates that I had found so far. I was not sure if he was top dog or not though.We had a busy morning. With no immediate threat, I called those of my people that escaped and gave them the job of repairing my property. The Romans people had a lot of good and bad ideas. One was for a patron to look over his people.