I've made a terrible mistake . . . 
11 Sacred Portions, a Thyme, followed by Mints generated by that Thyme . . .
Mint 1x Echo (store bought)
Mint 12x Echo (generated)
Mint 23x Echo
...
Mint 177x Echo
Which means that Thyme is going to Activate 794,623,457,926,951,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times. Even if my computer doesn't manage to slow down, and it can Activate an average of 5 times a second . . . it will still take 5,039,468,911,256,660,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to finish all Activations.
The universe is only 13,800,000,000 years old, according to our best estimates . . .