The Way You Do

Káti sniffed the plant again, glad that Elizabeth confirmed that it was Valerian. He'd have felt particularly silly if he had stopped in front of something else. He turned to her. "Well, what we need from Valerian is the root so I guess we'll have to dig." He didn't know much more than that. Some healers might know exactly where to dig but alas he didn't, other than to just start at the base of the stalk and go til he found what he needed.

Káti got to work digging at the base of the nearest plant. He pushed away dirt and mud, working quickly but carefully so that he wouldn't damage the rhizome. It took some doing but soon he found what he needed. Using his teeth he snipped off the rhizome and set it aside before glancing to the Valerian plant. "It's a shame about the plant." He patted the dirt back around the remaining roots and tried to prop the plant up but he wasn't sure that it would survive without the rhizome.