Dream A Little Dream of Me

Rœkia watched her cousin work, offering feedback and encouraging the girl to mash the root a little better. Once she was satisfied with the girl's work she continued the lesson. Once she was sure the root was mashed appropriately she carefully grabbed her bottle of white wine. She worked the cork out with her teeth. "Ok, this is not the same as tea. We're going to use white wine to extract the medicinal properties of the root and preserve it. With tinctures you'll add a little to water for your patient to drink, not the whole bowl." Well, unless you were trying to poison them but that was not knowledge she was wishing to share.

Rœkia carefully took the bottle in her jaws and poured in enough white wine to cover the root. She then scooted the mixture into a jar, letting her magpie companion seal it. "So where are you two headed off too? Is there a pack near here?"