But after looking, the audience felt something was wrong. It was especially so for people like Hoffman. He had a fat body, but he was somebody that specialized in researching all sorts of details of techniques. He could immediately see that this kid was not somebody that was easy to deal with. There was nothing to fault, be it the details or techniques.
Hoffman had always thought that out of all the emerging young pharmacists in these few years, Elin was the most talented; he was also Balbo's disciple. Hoffman always perceived Elin as the most promising one, but he did not think that two youngsters would appear together at today's gathering. Forget that Milo failed. Even though that weird recipe reached the final point, there was nothing much to commend about his skill. It was only average at best.