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Nigel raised an eyebrow as Elinor didn't quite answer his question, the fact of which made him somewhat worried about the extent of what had in fact happened. He was about to speak when she handed him a cloth, his curious expression changing to a quizzical one especially as she tried to mime something that he wasn't quite understanding. That was until she finally clarified its purpose, the shopkeeper moving to use the cloth to wipe said lips.
When he looked back over at Elinor, two pairs of green eyes met each other almost starring into each other until one blinked. But then finally there was an answer he could work with...amortenia in his teacup. It all made sense and he gave a look of realization as to how it could have happened. "The blow-up..." he said aloud before even remembering that she would be as clueless to that as he had been just moments before. "Some customer created a whole lot of rukkish out in the shop and I was dealing with frozen ashwinder eggs at the time. The potion reacted and..."
It was self-explainatory after that. He had just thought everything had been cleaned up before he brewed the tea and paid the price for the mistake.
Now for the next phrase of questioning, the part what made Nigel even more nervouse even as he fought to hide it. "Um...how much did you see?" It had to be asked even though the calm potions master was completely sheepish over what had happened...and what had in fact been witnessed.
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