trouble and toil

Aliana was a perfect student, not that Siren expected anything different from the cloudy queen. She found herself enjoying this time together, teaching the woman what she knew. Siren was now well aware of Ali’s reservations and the self doubt within her. The tiny queen was determined to help alleviate and chase them away. Aliana was perfect, she just needed her eyes opened to see that fact. Despite her bringing up she truly seemed born to live this role and Siren was glad to have her at her side.

Siren finished her bottling and Aliana asked after the other herbs and plants on the table. Siren nodded, "If you don’t mind helping, I figured we could spend the morning working on them. I.. I also had the steaming water brought up for you to experiment with and maybe create a mixture you would like to bottle as an extract.” Siren offered softly. The hot water released the scents immediately, the alcohol soak took much longer.

"Speech"