Little Healer

Lúta settled down to watch the pup as she tried her paw at gathering the inner bark. She tumbled back into the snow and Lúta quickly moved over toward the girl. "Oh, are you ok?" It was then Lúta realized she hadn't introduced herself. Oh, how embarrassing! "My name is Lúta by the way. You're doing really good though. That's the bark that you want." She moved back over toward her own piece and finished cutting away a cut through the rest of the bark. Lúta had a knapsack that she used to carry her herbs supplies. She quickly shrugged it off and started digging around in her pack until she found a clay bowl. "Aha!"

Picking the bowl up in her jaws she trotted back over to the girl. "Let's put the green inner bark in this bowl." She moved back to her piece and used her claws to carefully peel the inner bark out. It was soft and corky and she flicked it into the bowl. "You'll want to soak this in water or alcohol to pull the medicine out of the bark. This makes it easier to give to a patient because you can dilute it and you're less likely to make them sick." Lúta dug into her back and pulled out a vial of white wine that her macaque, Halla, had made. She fiddled with it before finally managing to work the cork free with her teeth. She delicately poured a little in the bowl then returned the cork.