Among The Lilacs and Lilies

Branch followed her motions as she descended down further into the prairie, plucking out a few herbs here and there as he went. She had her sights on one in particular though, one she had spotted along their path. Tall strands tipped with white buds, laying in damp soil in some shade. She had found this plant once before in her life, during her mother's end, which she thought would save her. Boneset, was it's official name. She could recall her mother's praise when she had found this, saying it would help Esmeralda's pain. Before she approached the herb, his answer floated into the summer air and it caused her attention to shift elsewhere. It seemed there was something deeper to her answer, which is what she was hoping for. At least it wasn't for power.

"Well, I don't want to intrude, but if you are willing to share I would be most interested in hearing what you have to say." She admitted, gently digging at the roots of the herbs so she could extract them properly. She paused as a thought crossed her mind, before she turned with a small smirk on her pale lips. "If you do choose to tell me, you can ask me something too." Serene offered instead, truly wanting to know his purpose behind building this pack of his. She had no right to stop him, but if his intentions were not as pure as he claimed them to be, then she would know that returning to her homeland would not be an option.

If they were pure, Serene debated with herself if returning home would be her best option. After all, if someone was going to build a new civilization in the seed of her home, sharing the same beliefs as she, shouldn't she be there? It was still too soon to tell, and returning to the willows would be more complicated than that, but it was an option. A small light floating in the back of her mind. One she intended to keep aflame for the time being.