A Small Break

Alex sighed deeply as he finished making 18 pills in a single cauldron. Memory stood before him, nearly the size of the entire room to make enough space for the many pills he had to make. 

It had been 2 years since he started doing this, and he had begun with just 2 pills or 3. As he kept on adding, however, it soon became evident that making the same pills in a single cauldron was much easier than making them in multiple.

While his attention still had to be spread along many parts, they were all focused on similar things at the same time, so it made it easy.

Never before had he thought that he could have ever made this many pills at once. He had assumed he would stop at 10, but he had reached 18, and he still wasn't fully done. 

After some more practice, Alex was certain he could push it to 20 too. But that would still take him time.