Jasmine Isle

The snow based man dipped his head in a graceful nod to Meadow’s introduction, smiling easily as he added, “A pleasure, Lady Meadow. And these are my companions and friends, Kayode and Ime, also fellow healers.”

The two primates nodded in their turn, as the three males each added a few more gently plucked Jasmine blossoms into the saddlebags before Paladin nodded at the two primates and stepped away from the Jasmine bush, deciding to leave plenty for pollination, other healers, and regrowth.

Flicking the flap on his bags shut he grinned in an invitation as he listened to her explanations. “Come summer I imagine a swim would be divine.”

He padded forward, eyes shifting and scanning over the tropical foliage for anything familiar or useful as he added, “I’d imagine there should be some good herbs on this island. Perhaps something like.. Ah.” He paused, tail flicking as his head tilted slowly back, eyes scanning up the trunk of a tree that was quite similar to a shrub.

He rose onto his hind legs, paws resting on the tree as he sniffed lightly at the tree. “Like Cancerosa. Kayode, could you?”

The lemur nodded, leaping his way up the tree, taking the bags with him to begin plucking leaves and tucking them away in the bag as Paladin explained, “Cancerosa leaves can be used as a tea to treat everything from external wounds to infections of the lung and urinary tract and indigestion. It’s also a useful contraceptive, though there are others that are easier to find and use in such a way.”

While he adored children, and celebrated new life, even he accepted that sometimes, a pregnancy was the last thing someone needed at a particular stage in their life, where they couldn’t care for a litter and themselves at the same time, or the litter wasn’t viable. It was heartbreaking, especially if in normal circumstances, the would-be mother would have been overjoyed by having their children.

His eyes flicked back up, watching the small lemur as he called up, “How about that bushel to your right?” Kayode stuck his tongue out at him, but turned to examine the leaves in question as Paladin asked Meadow, “Are there any particular plants you’re looking for?”