She placed the note back on the nightstand and reached for the contraceptive potion first. She had taken a weekly potion a few days before going to him, but as she was close to the end of that week by now, and the version he had prepared was the superior monthly variety, she gratefully took it. Next, she reached for the dreamless sleep and downed the contents in a single swallow before placing the empty vial back and settling onto the pillow. She noticed with faint alarm that the aftertaste was different than a normal dreamless sleep but as the potion took effect and her eyes drifted closed, she sighed with gratitude as she recognized the addition: a healing component – she felt her sore throat and rectum tingling as the soothing potion took effect and she drifted into a deep and dreamless slumber.