Michael sighed. He knew he would get questioned about his decision to take the potion, but he didn't think it would happen whenever he did something that blew up. He was an experimental mage, things blew up on a regular basis with him. "As I said, it was impulsive of me and done in the moment rather than when I had been originally planning. And Rini is right, she did threaten me, and beyond that it's rather unsavory to do... except for the rats. They're rather calm about it." He did have a set of rats that he used, but they were only for near complete experiments, and only very rarely.
"And I know you worry, and I also know the dangers that some of my experiments might cause. But you both also need to trust me. I almost never jump into things. I did it once to negative results and it will not happen again so please dont freak out whenever something explodes. Because you know how many times things have over the years. Magic is volatile at times."