First, We Make Tea

The man introduced himself as Ono, Aka, and explained that he was building a fire. Her eyes widened. A fire? Oh yes, she would very much like to learn how to make one for she knew heat would allow her to make a number of things. She also wanted to get to know the man a little bit more and figured this was a good opportunity to do both. "You mentioned making tea, are you a pack healer?" So far all she knew about tea was that it was a health drink. When she was sick she often got tea to help ease her symptoms and keep her hydrated.

While the conversed, Kina set about gathering branches of various sizes, mostly small though due to her own lack of size. She paid attention to what Aka was saying, noting the cleared off ground where they intended to build the fire. She watched as Aka set aside several branches. Between him and his macaque they had managed to break a number of the branches into smaller pieces. Kina and Yuki did the same.