I can't seem to find the escape hatch, but I'm sick of sitting tight

"No, not like that. That one's called Valerian. You use it's root to cure a cough and- wait, are you going to let me tell you what Trillium looks like or are you going to interrupt me and get distracted?" if she was going to ask for help she needed to let him be in charge. Iskra nodded, a bit more subdued now that she'd been chastised. Jouko sat for a moment, head held high and a look of importance on his face as he set to telling this girl about the herb they sought. "This is a good time to look for it since it's flowers bloom around late spring to early summer. It has flowers which always have three petals. They can be white, dark red or pink, but always with three petals and three sepals - the tiny leaves just under the petals on the flower itself. I think they're usually one to two feet high, so not too hard to spot really."

The stranger digested the information he'd provided, a sight that pleased him. He enjoyed others taking his lessons to heart, not due to his own ego but rather because he likes teaching and knowing his students were interested in what was discussed. It was strangely satisfying. Now that they both knew what to look for, things would go more smoothly. He walked a bit slower, taking his time to search and sniff through the plants around him. It'd been so long since he looked for this herb that he didn't want to trust his nose, but he still tried to sniff it out in case.

Peering under leaves of larger plants and carefully picking their way along through the thick undergrowth, the pair were in for a long search. Jouko did grow hopeful when he heard Iskra call for him from a short ways, so he hurried towards her wondering if she was so lucky as to have found it with such quickness.