She was famous both as a philanthropist and as a witch, although not in the same circles. She’d figured out how to distill and bottle approbation.
You needed a lot of the stuff to make an elixir, though. Her schedule filled up with charity drives, advocacy meetings, and good deeds.
After being awarded the key to the city, she calculated that it cost her more to be a witch than she made in good will. She retired from witchcraft and dedicated her life to service.
But she kept a stash of brewed approval in a back cupboard, just in case.

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