Now Amanda had been mulling over the fact that the customer
had told her hints of her family life.
eldest son Nate,which suggested there was a young son
also it had been a hard year for Nate,and likely his mother Ellen.
So shuffling stuff around on the counter to delay the sale and get
a fuller picture of what was going on in Ellen's life
Ammanda slowly puzzled out that Nate was 10 going on 11
his younger brother was 9 and was named Ned
and there was a 8 year old daughter named Nancy.
That done Amanda worked the customer to learn what the
"hard year" was all about.
It seemed that a year earlier Ellens husband Edward has vanished
in the area known as the Devils Triangle whilst transporting a
old decommissioned minesweeper from Florida to its new
owners in Bermuda.
Being the Devils Triang;e,ships and planes are wont to vanish in it
and the minesweeper had done so whilst Edward,father to
8 year old Nany,9 year old Ned and 10 year old Nate
had been aboard.
The anniversary of their dads disappearance was coming up
and it was clear to Amanda that Ellen was less interested in
a gift for Nate then a means to keep her shattered family through
the approaching horrible date of the loss of their father.
So with that in mind Amanda selected the three potions she thought might be useful,not just for Nate but for his
younger brother and sister.
Dragon Draught for air
Porpoise Pincola for the sea
Lion Lager for land.
Then,since she figured the mother would likely be joining the
quest she sensed the 3 kids were about to undertake she waved a
general purpose transformation spell on Ellen whilst
Ellen had her back turned to her.
That done Ellen left the shop