silver beneath the surface

Ellara gave her a playful wink, her words bringing a laugh out of Atreyu. Smiling and shaking her head as the pink coffee woman headed off again. They would need a good amount of wood and herbs for the fish Ellara caught, so Atreyu made her way off to collect some of the bigger pieces. While she collected the wood, she kept an eye out for the thyme they would need.

It was easy to spot the leafy stems of the plants growing up next to a cedar tree with lots of sticks and bark beneath it. 'Perfect!' She plucked some of the stems and pulled the leaves from others, fully intending to use both. She met Ellara back in the clearing, going back to pull the bigger limbs back with her. "Good news is we will keep the bugs away, too." Atreyu said with a laugh. She then set about dressing up the fish, pulling out her galaxy-colored blade to clean the fish out by the bank of the river near them. She said a prayer as she did so, thanking the ancestors for looking out for them and to Kiska for giving them this catch. She returned a small portion of the fish to the river, mostly the unsavory bits and the fins. Every being should eat this morning, even the other fish.