Talking About Ouchie Bleedies

His father wasted absolutely no time before launching into his lesson and Dorian was transfixed on him, listening to every word. It was a lot of information all at once, but he did his very best to remember all of it and started silently repeating parts of the lesson back to himself to help him remember it. White willow bark from trees that liked to grow in moist places like the creek that was nearby. It was like picking out what felt like the most important bits so that he could commit them to memory. Was this what all healing lessons were like? It just made him all the more impressed at his father and how he was able to remember all of this stuff seemingly so easily. He looked down at the piece of bark as his dad mentioned how it would get turned into something called a poultice, but luckily it sounded like he was going to learn how to make that so he didn't feel the need to question what it was—at least not yet. Even though his dad told him to ask him to repeat any bits he didn't catch, but he didn't want to have to ask for that! He wanted to be a natural at healing just like his dad!

He nodded with each of the things that was listed off that the bark was good for—everything from cuts to colds—but when his dad mentioned how some wolves had allergies to it that could cause them to bleed on the inside his green eyes went wide and he looked up at his dad, startled at the idea that something like that could even happen. At the request to repeat back what he had been told, Dorian nodded and replied, "It's found on trees that grow in moist places like the creek, you make it into a poultice to use it, and it's good on cuts and cramps and ar... arthritis and headaches and colds! But some wolves are allergic!" He grinned proudly, his pale, golden chest puffing up with the confidence that he had definitely gotten all of that exactly right word for word—definitely not missing anything at all. His head tipped to the side slightly as he asked, "If it's kinda dangerous sometimes, why do we use it? Is there other stuff we could use that's not as dangerous?"

"Dorian Kedieo"