In the book Pomona read for amusement, "I," Van Helsing, and Dr. Self collected fifty crates of soil, which would be sent to the coast guard for testing.
All the soil came from the "Wolf Zone." Claiming that wolves had been sighted there, the local government had sealed off the area around Rice Castle and posted guards at the checkpoints, most of them local farmers. That was precisely why Van Helsing cooperated with "me": he helped "me" bring back enough soil to fill those fifty crates, while he gained the chance to enter the "Wolf Zone" and investigate.
If someone compared the soil of Hogwarts with the soil of Azkaban, they would discover how different soil could be, even though it was all just soil.
The cloud-covered sky suddenly split open, and moonlight pierced through the edge of the clouds like a sharp sword, falling directly upon Remus Lupin.
"Poor fellow. Whether mad or sane, pain followed him."
This was the reflection of thirty-four-year-old Snape. In truth, he had changed a great deal as well, not merely in appearance or circumstances.
There was a Motivation Potion, recorded in a book Eileen had taken with her when she left the Prince family. It could give the drinker the positive emotions needed to overcome all negativity and despair, but its side effect was that the drinker would lose all their friends.
Friends encouraged and helped one another, overcoming hardships together. Alone, a person had to be strong enough. This potion required Dead Sea brine. The Dead Sea was the saltiest body of water in the world, saltier than the ocean, yet life still existed in it. It was not, as people imagined, a forbidden zone where nothing could survive.
One could imagine how difficult it was to survive in such an environment,