With the smashing of the plant finished, Jiro adds it the bowl for Ellara to mix all together. He watches with patience and interest as the smells of the plants begin to mingle together into something more earthy and rustic. His eyes close for a moment as he inhales deeply, memories of his mother coming to him. She often smelled of something similar from being out in the garden. Not wanting to dwell on such a sad topic, Jiro opens his eyes quickly, glad that Ellara has began speaking again.

"That will be so helpful," he mentions, tail swishing gently as he moves closer to their basin filled with the fertilizer mixture. "I can hold the bowl if you two want to help spread it around," Jiro offers, feeling proud that he would be strong enough to carry such a heavy piece of stone.

Asahi smiled as Ellara laughed at her and shook her paw with emphasis to see if that was what had made the girl laugh. Asahi was delighted to make people laugh at her. Her tail waved behind her with a comfortable eager energy while they talked about the fertilizer. It smelled like when mom was making the compost tea before she made it sit in a corner to ferment. She noticed her brother close his eyes to the scent and she unobtrusively laid her tail over one of his paws until he was drawn back out of the reverie. Out of all their siblings, she knows Jiro was one of the hardest hit with their mother's absence.

She then scrunched her face distastefully as he mentioned she and Ellara do the spreading around of the fertilizer over the mounds. She just washed her toes! Her bright fur would get all stained by the green in it! She visibly pouted at him for a moment before conceding and pushing the dirt and muck of the tea over the garlic plantings. Ew.

Speech // thought // Nihongo