Dream A Little Dream of Me

Rœkia finished shredding the green tops off of the root before she set it down on a smooth, flat stone. She glanced over to the side to make sure her cousin was following along. As she was about to continue the lesson she hear approaching paw steps accompanied by a feminine voice. She watched quietly as a friendly woman called out a greeting and it quickly became clear the other woman was a healer as well. Rœkia smiled gently and nodded. "Yes, plants with hardy root systems and rhizomes seem to be doing the best in this weather. My name is Rœkia. You're welcome to join us. Just working on a tincture." It seemed the woman had her own little whelp to tend to and she barked out a laugh as the girl asked if it was a snack. "Hardly. Valerian root is a powerful medicine. You should give it a smell, it's quite disagreeable and will only get worse. Its terribly bitter in and of itself which is why we're going to make a tincture out of it with wine."

She gestured for Lukina to pay attention to what she was about to do. "Ok, now we need to crush the root so it works better for the tincture." She took a deer antler in her jaws and used the smooth base of it to mash the root before passing it over to her cousin.