trouble and toil

Siren did her bes to focus on the lesson at hand instead of letting Aliana’s gaze distract her. Not that she wouldn’t have enjoyed the distraction, but learning was the most important right now. Siren shared her skills and grasped hold of the expensive bottle. She’d given the children the task of removing all of the flowers from their stems and Siren poured a smaller jar a third of the way with the flowers and topped the liquid with the alcohol.

"For when having steaming water is inconvenient.” Siren giggled softly, glancing towards Aliana. It was difficult not to notice the cute tilt of the woman’s head. "I let them steep for at least a season, two is better, but really as long as you can.” Siren still had a couple of her very first infusions. "You can use it whenever you feel anxious, place a dab between your toes, or on a pillow to help put you to sleep.” Siren followed up with to close out the session on lavender as she corked her new bottle of infusion.

"Speech"