Elixa decided she liked Ariadne. She was hungry for knowledge. Whatever capacity she was here in she was doing good in Lix’s view.

“They could be mundane memories tampered with to make happier?” Sandy suggested, but then thought aloud and seemed to dismiss the viability. Memory magic wasn’t Lix’s specialism, potions was, so she pouted in thought. “… memories for sale?” He concluded in further suggestion.

“Potentially lucrative,” Lix agreed, “but pretty desperate if you got to that. We’d need several samples to test and analyse. Are these wix memories or could they be muggle ones?” The latter was more sinister. Muggles didn’t know about the magical world. If people were using muggle memories then it was far more likely they were stolen. Either way, Elixa felt that her cauldron and extensive tests in the St Mungo’s workrooms would provide answers. If she couldn’t she had a whole host of colleagues who would weigh in, Arc, for sure.

It was as if coming here had opened up so many more lines of inquiry. That was not a bad thing for Andromeda. She was already making better progress than Childs.

"I am aiming to achieve samples exactly for that reason." Agreed Andromeda. She, Tara and Elixa already had a great track record with that. "But in the meantime I have a list of patients to pursue." She was keen to get on and leave the healers to their jobs. "Thank you for your time. Ariadne. Let's go."

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