Alex found it hard to remain surprised by the 4th time when Palesilver made another 100% pill. By now, he knew for certain she had a way to improve the probability of calling pill clouds.
Alex could think of four different ways she was doing it.
The first was the simplest way, which was to just do it. As long as one made no mistakes and employed the best pill-forming technique, they could get a 100% pill. This was what he was doing.
The second method was to use Pill Compounding. By using more than the required ingredients, one could have a much higher quantity of energy remaining at the end. So long as the alchemist just compressed the powder and not the energy, the chances of filling it completely were much higher.