This was spiraling out of control, and Ben had no idea how to get it back.

"It wasn't an Imperius curse," he said, flustered. He wasn't sure if this was going to help at all, but it might... if Aldous knew exactly what had happened a year ago he might understand that it wasn't as though Melody could pull out the same thing at the drop of a hat. "Or a curse at all. It was a potion, and she doesn't have one now," he continued, though he knew Aldous would have no particular reason to believe this. "She wouldn't even know where to find one. I bought it for her," he admitted, with a huff.