rooting around for a cure

A stranger's voice caught her ears and she turned on her heel to greet the smaller, younger female. "Oh!" Theory exclaimed, laughing softly to herself. "I'm sorry, I must have missed you there." She shook out her coat and glanced around at Inoki's offer to help. "Yes... I could use some assistance. Have you had any experience with the sickness that recently ravaged the lands?" Even describing it again had bile rising in throat at the memory of her own infection, but she pressed onward: "Mushrooms, crystals, thick liquids oozing from every orifice..." It was impossible to forget if you'd seen it. "I recently got news that there may be a child in the midst of my pack still suffering mild symptoms. I need to figure out how to alleviate the symptoms - ideally, how to cure it," she sighed, glancing around again the young green foliage. Not much had grown yet - Spring was still in its early days. "Did you encounter anything useful?" Theo probed further, before pausing to chide herself. "I'm sorry - I'm letting my personal matters overtake politeness. My name is Theory, my pack Abaven has just begun to run a school on the Eastern coast."