To Plant Some Seeds

永程

Sirius had shown Yong Cheng to the Garden, and told him that he could have his own spot to plant his own things. Now, he needed to gather the seeds and plants and place them there. He already had the horsetail, and watercress, and marigolds that he and Sirius had collected, but they weren't very well planted. Yong Cheng was still shaken from the bird attack -- small holes pricked his sides where the bird's claws had dug into him -- and he had been shaking still when he planted them. The boy carefully righted them, digging deeper into the soil where they'd been settled, packing the roots in more securely. He still needed to divert a stream of water from the river, but that could be done later; they were near enough anyway that for now, it would do. Later on he might build structures to protect his precious plants, but his small garden was nowhere near that stage yet.

What else did he need? He didn't want to venture out into the open any time soon. Yong Cheng shuddered at the phantom brush of talons in his skin, and the lurch he'd felt deep in his stomach when he'd been wrenched out of the air. What could he find in the Plains? Well -- he could always get more marigold; he'd seen it growing in the fields when they'd first moved in -- but shouldn't he acquire a more... uncommon herb? It was a garden, after all. He should be focussing on growing the things they needed most, until the skies all around Boreas finally cleared and the ash dissipated.

Ash. That might make good fertiliser, he realised. Perhaps a trip to the volcano, when things had settled down? It would enrich the soils and help things to grow better. Lost in his thoughts as he was, Yong Cheng didn't realise when another wolf approached.

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