0. Mercedes! Got a sec?
1. Hello, Caspar. What do you need?
2. I wanted to ask you something about Professor Jeritza.
3. He's your little brother, yeah?
4. Yes, that's right. What of it?
5. Nothing! Except that I've challenged him a bunch of [cdb]times and he keeps wiping the floor with me.
6. So I thought maybe you might know some special way I could train to beat him, seeing as you're his sister [cdb]and all.
7. Hmm. A way to beat Jeritza... Oh, I have it!
8. All right! Lay it on me!
9. Here, follow me.
10. I don't think this is going very well.
11. Please allow me... There, see? If you do it like so, [cdb]it's actually quite simple.
12. Yeah, that's actually—wait, no!
13. How is baking supposed to help me beat Professor Jeritza?!
14. Because we're making treats.
15. Oh, I see—again, no! How does that help?!
16. Unless... Hang on. Are these actually magic treats [cdb]that fill me with unimaginable strength?!
17. I don't wanna win like that. It's cheating.
18. Hehe! You're so amusing, Caspar. But no, there are [cdb]no magical treats that do such a thing.
19. Look here. They're almost done, so watch what I do [cdb]very carefully...
20. Whoa! These look amazing!
21. But again—and I hate to keep repeating myself [cdb]here—how does this help me beat Professor Jeritza?
22. Is there some kinda terrible secret in the method? Black magic in the brown sugar, maybe?
23. Oh, Caspar. There's no secret.
24. Jeritza has loved sweets for the longest time, but he's [cdb]terrible when it comes to making them.
25. So if you can make a better sweet treat than he...
26. I'm sure he'll be vexed and acknowledge his defeat.
27. I'm trying to beat him in combat, not baking!