"Why would she go to -" Art started, before he cut himself off abruptly.
Knockturn Apothecary was much less public than Hogsmeade's. Respectable potioneers and members of society didn't go there. It was a place where one could purchase less-than-legal ingredients and potions; substances one didn't want society (or the constabulary) knowing about. And if Melody was pregnant, and Ben thought she was going there - well. There was a short list of high-priority potions for pregnant witches, as far as Art knew.
"You think she's getting one of those potions?" Art said; the shock of it deterred him from his objectives of getting Ben out alive.
Abortion potions were dangerous, and beyond that - well. Before this summer, Art had not had a ton of emotional attachment to pregnancies, but Desdemona's miscarriages had him shaken. He understood why unattached women took them, or couples with far too many children - that made sense to him, it was logical in the way that birth control was logical. And if unattached women didn't talk to the men who impregnated them about their abortions - again, logical.
But Melody was married, had no children, even if her marriage had problems - she eloped with Ben, their marriage had to include some level of affection, some level of trust. But Ben seemed convinced that she was going to the apothecary - suddenly, his panic made a lot more sense to Arthur.
"Without talking?" he added, a layer of stress folding into his voice.
Knockturn Apothecary was much less public than Hogsmeade's. Respectable potioneers and members of society didn't go there. It was a place where one could purchase less-than-legal ingredients and potions; substances one didn't want society (or the constabulary) knowing about. And if Melody was pregnant, and Ben thought she was going there - well. There was a short list of high-priority potions for pregnant witches, as far as Art knew.
"You think she's getting one of those potions?" Art said; the shock of it deterred him from his objectives of getting Ben out alive.
Abortion potions were dangerous, and beyond that - well. Before this summer, Art had not had a ton of emotional attachment to pregnancies, but Desdemona's miscarriages had him shaken. He understood why unattached women took them, or couples with far too many children - that made sense to him, it was logical in the way that birth control was logical. And if unattached women didn't talk to the men who impregnated them about their abortions - again, logical.
But Melody was married, had no children, even if her marriage had problems - she eloped with Ben, their marriage had to include some level of affection, some level of trust. But Ben seemed convinced that she was going to the apothecary - suddenly, his panic made a lot more sense to Arthur.
"Without talking?" he added, a layer of stress folding into his voice.
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