A bit of Sea

永程

"Yes, yes," Yong Cheng mused, not quite listening to Sirius, and not quite bothering to answer him properly, either. He was lost in thinking about how to collect the herbs. Should he weave a basket, or simply dig them up and bundle them together? The hanging branches would make for good twine; they were soft and supple, and would not tear if he knotted them. "Horsetail, and marigolds, and watercress. Good for many things, yes, yes." He was muttering a little -- it wasn't clear whether Yong Cheng was tracking his own thoughts, or talking to Sirius -- but either way, the Warlord was within earshot.

Yong Cheng wandered a little further, to the water's edge. Horsetail was the hardest to acquire out of all three, so he'd better get that one first. He grabbed a stick -- Sirius' kicks had dislodged a few, smaller branches, that the Warlord hadn't used. With the stick in his jaws and with his paws, Yong Cheng dug at the soil. It was wet, and thick. Some of it had turned into mud, that he splashed away with the stick. Slowly, the herb came loose. Yong Cheng set the stick aside and carefully extracted the whole plant, wary of its roots. He didn't want to break any of them, though it was inevitable that some roots would be lost. But as long as there was enough to keep the plant alive, it wouldn't be a problem.

He wasn't exactly sure where Sirius was; only that he was vaguely at his back. But Cheng wasn't really paying attention, secure in the thought that Sirius was watching out for him. He repeated his actions, slowly picking out one, two, three horsetail plants. He was careful not to take too many -- if his experiment failed, he didn't want to not be able to get anymore from this source. It was wiser to take a little at a time, and let things grow back. Then he moved on to the watercress.

Overhead, sounded a screech.


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OOC: it's BIRB TIME