Scraping Through

Legacy had chosen to stay with her mother while Ardyn took his reprieve. Aurielle, now an elder, had remained in the pack’s old lands; she would need care, despite her being sound and healthy. Still, that didn’t mean Legacy didn’t take the time to explore the continents.

She’d made the swim to the Island on the coast south of the Plains and the Estuary, in search of plants to bring home, and now padded through the tropical undergrowth, ears twitching at the sounds of the native animals.

Finally, she spotted a good candidate; cinnamon. It was a warming plant, the bark having a biting flavor, as well as a few other uses. Smiling to herself, she twisted around and pulled a rib from her satchel.

The bone was sharpened into a blade on one edge, and it was this bone knife that she used to scrape bark from medicinal trees such as white willow and cherry.

She took it in her teeth and pressed it into place against the tree, then placed her paws on either side of her head, bracing the draw knife against the trunk and releasing her teeth.

She bent to work, scraping to loosen the outer bark before she could get to the inner bark that was the prize.