Potion Shop for the Broken-Hearted
Episode 2
Stranger
My parents never loved each other. I grew up with silence, not warmth. No hugs. No joy. Just... endurance.
Stranger
Then I met Aria. She made me feel like I existed.
Stranger
But it wasn’t love. It was hunger. She fed on how much I needed her.
She Gave Him Love, Then Fed on His Devotion.
Elira
And still... you can’t let her go?
Stranger
I’m not just heartbroken. I’m haunted.
Elira
(watching him closely) You’re an empath, aren’t you?
Stranger
(nods) I feel everything. Even when I don’t want to.
Elira thought for a moment....A memory-erasing potion would tear him apart. It could not erase memories without tearing holes in his soul.
So she made something rare.
Elira
I’ll give you a Severance Elixir. Not to forget her but to release her. Fully. Finally.
He Wanted to Forget. She Offered Freedom Instead.
Three nights later, he drank it under a silver moon.
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