Spring cleaning

Mojito frowned as he looked at the shelf of meagre supplies he'd managed to gather during the winter. Most of the herbs he hadn't mixed into salves or poultices were dried and crumbling and... Mojito sniffed at one of his too few jars. Phew, yep, he must have failed to seal that one properly a ripe almost alcoholic smell was coming from it. Great. He'd have to not only dispose of that but the jar would need to be thoroughly washed so he didn't risk contaminating whatever he next put in there. He sighed and tried to think on the bright side a little, at least it was spring now which meant he could start properly building up a usable store and maybe even get started on that garden he wanted. Plus he wanted to figure out the nearest source of Yarrow, since Hanataro's accident he'd been focusing on finding what coagulants he could. He'd need to make sure his daughter knew her way around its application, usage and had access too a store of it. In the event she was ever being tended to by someone who didn't know about her condition she'd need to be able to advocate for herself... Maybe it was a good idea to rinse out a second jar in that case, it had been long enough that the mixture was probably losing its potency anyways. Okay well at least he had a vague plan.

Might as well get some of the kids in on it though right? Could be a good teaching moment, already a few of them had started to show an interest in his stores (which he made sure were well out of reach of a curious puppy likely to try and learn about things by eating them) and some of what he did. Mojito had no intentions of pushing expectations of who his children would be on them but he couldn't help but hope some of them would want to pursue healing as he had. Once they were a bit older they'd all be taught basic self-defence, he wasn't naive enough to believe would never need it, but he'd picked up his knowledge from his mother and couldn't be prouder of Satira for the healer she'd grown into. So it was pure selfish indulgence that made him hope. Mojito poked his head out of the den. Ah and there was one of them now!

Harumi had been one of his children whom he'd noticed had taken some interest. "Harumi." He called out to them, gesturing with a fore paw for them to come closer. "I could use some help cleaning out the shelves, I can show you how to dispose of some things and what they do if you want to lend a paw." Mojito lifted his voice as he said this, certain at least one more of his children was lurking about, maybe their curiosity would mean he got two helpers instead of one. And if not? Well then Mojito would be happy just getting to spend some time with Harumi all the same.

WC: 514 (514/1500)

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