A Bit of Downtime

Álarr divided the leaves into separate portions. One he'd keep fresh and the other he would lay out to dry. Come to think of it, he had some dried that he could start breaking up into something like a tisane though he wouldn't use it as a tea. He hoped maybe that he could make it into a paste to help control infections in wounds. He reached into his bag and pulled out a small jar of dried Lamb's Ear. Afi was curled up next to his pack, deciding the boy couldn't get into too much trouble. His raven, Brynhildr helped him pull the cork out of the jar. He was about to get back to work when he suddenly felt he was being watched.

He looked up to see a very pale woman staring at him. She walked right over to him, causing him to frizz up a bit. "Umm.. hi?" She mouthed something like she was trying to speak but couldn't. "Oh! You're mute! Umm… can you hear at all?" She patted at the ground with her paw and started scribbling symbols in the dirt but he wasn't sure what any of it was. "I'm sorry, I don't know what that is… it just looks like shapes." Afi, alerted to the conversation yawned and stretched before padding over to the boy. "She's saying hello."