Now, did you remember all the steps?
“You sprinkled the basilisk blood in a circle.”
“Yeah. If that’s the yellow goop, yeah.”
“Widdershins?”
“Gesundheit?“
“Anti-clockwise?”
“Yeah.”
“You said the words I gave you.”
“Jazhmazol, Frelli–“
“Not! Here! Hmmmm. You lit each of the candles in order?”
“Zippo Black Crackle — never fails.”
“The chickens?”
Roger glared. “Yeah. Never again.”
“Squeamish?”
“I killed plenty of chickens for supper, growing up,. For magic’s different.”
“Not even to save your –? That’s it! Your wife!”
“What about her?”
“You’re not a virgin. Of course it didn’t work.”
Roger decked him. It was either that or shoot him, and he still needed the wizard to find Chrys.