Under Every Rock
04-16-2021, 12:43 PM
She was a talker. Maybe that was a good thing.
"You know about this alchemy?"
Forget what I was about to interrogate her about now. This was way more interesting. I thought she was going to go more in-depth about it but from the sound of it, she just knew OF it... not the actual practice. Oh my heart... I thought I had found a fellow scholar at last but alas...I peeled my eyes away from what I was doing for a moment and took a moment to study her face with pure curiosity reflecting in my own orbs.
"Herbology is pretty much the foundation of it, you're right. All you need is the basics and a passion to know more to start."
I said, levity flowing through my latin accenting before I brought my attention back to my glassware. She laughed at my next question, almost demanding a smile to form on my own lips. I didn't realize that a simple question could be so humorous... When she began to clarify I almost felt the need to sigh - I wasn't serious about the weather. I stayed stoic in my expression though and trotted over to my pile of roots that I had dug up.
"And what sort of mission is that...?"
I asked while shifting through the sad pile, scoffing at the fact that I had just used up the last of the young tree bark in the last elixar. "Speech"