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She saw everything.
As frightening as those words were, it made sense. He would have acted his worse when the source of his underlying feelings was in his presence, the flowers in his office having been part of the reason the love potion had zeroed in on Elinor in the first place.
Nigel could feel his face reddening, getting worse then his usual troublesome tinge as he sat completly embarished by his no doubt loose lips. The woman to her credit tried to soften the blow by ensuring him that nothing TOO horrible had taken place but it still had an effect, compromised even more by the fact that it had happened because he...someone who was usually so careful and poised when brewing...had allowed himself to make such a mistake. First with the explosion and then with the improper clean-up.
As he tried to regain his composure, the shopkeeper grabbed his wand and with a flick cleaned up the very last remnants of ever last trace of the potion that had caused all the trouble. Double-checking what he had done earlier. "Guess I should be doubly grateful then for the flowers serving as the trigger and not another customer." Merlin that would have doubled...no...trippled his embarishment to have confessed feelings to a complete stranger all lovey dovey they way he had to Elinor.
"And I just hope I didn't cause you too much discomfort, Elinor." Surely it couldn't have been too fun watching him...right?
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