Remus
If awkward conversations scared me off... well, actually, most of the world would probably rejoice because it'd mean I'd be talking a lot, lot, lot, lot less. Me and awkward conversations are best pals.
Like this one. Uh, hey, so, for the full disclosure thing, hi, I'm Ben Reilly and I have the proportionate strength of a spider, can climb walls, and have a sixth sense that helps me avoid danger. With, uh, 'helps' being the keyword there because... um.. obviously not 100% effective.
I mean, it's worth a shot, right? There have to be equivalent components around here. At least for the non-magical ingredients. And maybe if we can find something with the same type of reaction, we could even find substitutes for those too if it's more needing it to do a certain thing and less needing it for a specific magic property...