this house don't feel like home

To her, knowledge wasn't something to be withheld - why not share it with all the world whenever possible? There was nothing to be gained by keeping it all to herself; and she wasn't selfish like that anyway. A smile painted her features as he began to help dig up the roots, watching the interest form on his face as he became engrossed in the task at hand. Now that they'd started talking, she felt a bit guilty for ever thinking he could be a thread to her. He seemed as kind as they came, now that she'd allowed him to get a bit closer and could see his intentions were not malicious.

"I'm sure,"  she'd assure him, her smile widening slightly. "I don't know anyone sick right now, anyway. I just like keeping a decent supply of herbs whenever possible, just in case." Watercress was fairly nutritious anyway, and it didn't hurt to eat a few leaves now and then even when not sick, but she didn't need it all.  It made her feel good, and useful, to know she could possibly help someone else and their family too. "You smell of a pack," she commented idly, as she paused from her digging, nosing a cluster of newly-picked watercress to the side. "Are you from around here?"  It was an innocent question, she was merely curious; she had little concern with the world outside of her own, but it was interesting regardless to know if he was from far-away lands.