Never Have I Ever

The woman admitted to being self-taught, but whether Ara felt self-conscious about that or not Justice latched onto the idea, finding it to be a bit of a relief to know that she had become a healer of wisdom without the benefit of others taking an interest in training her, so there was hope for Justice to do the same. "So I should probably make sure to learn things from a lot of different people, because they might have different ways of doing things that might work better in a situation," she observed aloud. So stop moping around waiting for Paladin to hold training and go find trainers yourself, she admonished herself mentally.

The woman went on to describe making a poultice, and again Justice listened carefully to commit it to memory. She nodded absently at the woman's conclusion, mind already mulling over the possibilities for improving on the technique. She saw the healer eyeing the yarrow. "You can take that bunch if you want," she said generously. "I can find us some more now that I know what it looks and smells like." Ara might not have been as infirm as Justice had initially been wary of, but surely at her age she'd prefer to have a younger wolf doing all the footwork for her. Besides, looking for it would give her more practice in identifying the herbs while a more experienced wolf was around to correct her if she found the wrong plant.

Snorting to clear the scent of the yarrow from her nose, so that it wouldn't interfere with finding more of it, she lifted her head and sniffed carefully, sorting the various plant scents. Most she didn't recognize, but here and there was the yarrow-scent. Strongest, of course, was right next to her, but she carefully sorted that one out and ignored it, and identified another possible direction upwind of them. She continued to follow the elusive scent step by step until it was strong enough that she ought to be able to see it. It took a few more seconds of looking before she finally spotted another of the plants. "Found some!" she called out excitedly, like a pup on a scavenger hunt.