
Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
Emperors of Rome
The Screech-Owl and the Witch Figure
It's a spell that's meant to encourage desire and longing. This boy has been abducted. What I mentioned earlier, the screech-owl, the streaks is also part of this kind of world because the Romans thought of them as creatures who might abduct or might snatch children. So it sounds like the intent is part of that. It needs to be this cruel for the potion, for the magic to be effective and powerful. Yeah, it makes sense of the bones taken from the starving dog now. But we need to have that tantalizing going on in order for the spell to be powerful.
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