“Bit worse off than the broom for once, but nothing a short stint in the hospital couldn’t cure,” Elias answered with an easy cheerfulness, mind still half on the broom repair.

“I, er, mean -” he added hastily, realising that anyone who had just wandered in was possibly a potential customer, and might not be especially encouraged by hearing about broom crashes that hospitalised people... He did his best to laugh and pretend that had been an exaggeration. “Not to put you off brooms, of course, if you were looking for one.”

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