an icebound wonder

*Harmony* · 02-03-2016, 06:08 AM

Harmony listened carefully as Integra spoke. She'd long ago learned to use juniper for wounds, but it was something she had forgotten in her most recent forays to gather herbs. It had been so long since she had treated wounds - but the little bit of information about the flies and the animal fat she had never learned, and she beamed at the younger healer with genuine gratitude. "Thank you, Integra, I didn't know that. Flystrike is a serious problem with wounds that can't be covered, and it's always been frustrating to find ways to keep them off a patient who can't do it themselves. How do you mix it with the fat? How would you store it?" Her mind was already working, fascinated by the possibilities. Sometimes when it got really hot, like in fires, fats were liquified and then dried later like a jelly... maybe if you put it in some sort of a container and let it rest in something hot, like a boiling hot spring somewhere or a fire, it would do the same...

So caught up in her thoughts she was surprised when Integra called out to her from a distance away, having found the juniper they sought. The Abaven healer quickly loped over. A method of carrying them? "Hm, I've often myself considered the best ways of carrying herbs. I think with the juniper you'd be fine with snipping off small branches and carrying them because it won't harm the berries at all, but I worry about you being caught up in a dangerous situation on your way back to Imperium with your mouth full of sticks." She'd found herself liking the young healer, despite her initial caution, and the idea of her being metaphorically caught with her pants down by some unscrupulous creature and hurt did not sit well with Harmony. She frowned. "I've thought about making a bag out of hide with a strap to go around my neck, but I haven't been able to figure out how to put one together. I've thought maybe sticking all the edges together with pitch, but I am uncertain something of the sort would hold up to use." Delicately she reached up and snipped a slim evergreen bough off, the thin branch falling between her and Integra bearing several of the scaly cones they were looking for. The bushes here could stand for a bit of trimming - this patch didn't look to have been harvested by anyone lately, and branches and cones alike were profuse. There would easily be enough here for them both to take all they could carry back to their respective packs without causing damage to the plant itself.

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