Hortensia

The speaker clarifies that they are not a sorceress but an alchemist who makes medicine using science. They explain that their lab equipment may resemble a cauldron, but it is actually a cast-iron simmerpot. Sorceress? Sorceress? Do you see a broomstick? I am an alchemist. This is my apothecary. Oh, medicine. I make medicine. I use science and this is just my lab equipment. And well, okay, that does look like a cauldron, but it's a cast-iron simmerpot. A simmerpot! I swear it!