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Lúta gathered that the woman's pack wasn't too far away which made sense. She hated to judge but felt it could be dangerous for an older, blind woman to be wandering too far alone. She pulled the second sprig of boneset out of the hot water and set it on a scrap of deer hide to cool while she moved over to the bundle she sought to dry. Lúta shifted her weight to her hind legs and stretched up the nearest tree where she tied up a bundle of boneset to dry. It took a couple tries. As she did not have opposable thumbs she had to be careful to use her paws and her teeth in careful coordination to tie the knot. When it came time to take it down hopefully she could undo it otherwise she'd just need to chew through the cord.

Rhythm explained that Abaven was quiet and consisted mostly of her relatives. That made sense. Many of the bands and packs that Lúta knew consisted of large family groups. "Are you a wise woman in your pack? You seem really knowledgable. Did your pack make it through the volcano ok?" Lúta had arrived after the eruption but its effects on the land were unmistakable. She moved back to the cooling spring of boneset and began to chew it into a paste. The taste was terrible and she worked swiftly so as not to ingest to much of it. Boneset in large amounts could act as an emetic and she had no desire to throw up. Once she was satisfied with the mixture she spat it onto the scrap of deer hide and carefully wrapped it up.