[It'll take a bit more than that to fluster him, since he's inclined to assume that sort of thing is joking. He does nod, however.]

I've been practicing quite a bit, as well. It seems as though the healing properties fade twenty minutes after I create the drink...

[Don't ask how he knows that.]

But it seems prudent to create a stockpile, just in case resources run out...either from lack of money, or our captors holding them hostage.