Make it stretch

Gwynevere chuckled and gave a little shake of her head when Spriggan mentioned how she didn't mean to bother her. "You're never bothering me, sweet heart. You know I love when you visit." She gave Sprig a quick once over as she usually did any of her family with her constant, subconscious need to make sure they were all healthy and well. "I see your garden is doing well despite this weather," she mentioned appreciatively as she pulled over a stool so that Sprig could get a better vantage point on what she was working on at her desk. She had admittedly been concerned when Spriggan was born and she first noticed the mushrooms that seemed to grow from her as naturally as her fur, but quickly she began to realize that they weren't causing her niece any harm or pain and removing them did nothing to stop them from returning so in the end she assured her caretakers that she was perfectly healthy and encouraged her nieces' love of adding to her own personal garden. It was beautiful it its own special way and Gwynevere couldn't help but marvel at the unique individual that Sprig was.

Once Sprig was where she could see what she was working on in the dish, Gwyn turned her attention to the mostly clear, sticky substance once more. "This stuff is what we extract from the horsetail plant that we collect down by the river," she explained, scooping up a bit on her paw and holding it out for Spriggan to examine. "I was just contemplating how to make it last longer or maybe be able to stretch it further or what we could use in place of it... or maybe even just use less of it when we do need it to make sure we don't run out during the winter." She hummed thoughtfully as she cleaned off her paw on a near by rag and returned to the patch of horsetail she had made in the dish before, lightly touching it and feeling how tacky it had gotten. That was what she needed to try and replicate or at least make sure it was still able to accomplish if she added something to it. She had added herbs to horsetail plenty of times in the past to make a medicated balm, but she had never tried to thin it out. Curious, she stepped away for a second to get a waterskin and added a small amount to the bowl before scooping up a fresh blob of the horsetail substance with her paw and beginning to mix it together with the water.

Once it was combined into a thinner paste, she made a swipe of it on a different part of the bowl so that she could wait and see if and how it dried. In terms the mean time, she glanced over at Sprig and asked, "Well, even though I'm more than happy to have you visit as much as you want and love showing you what I'm working on, I'm afraid this part is going to be terribly dull so I can get you whatever you needed while we wait."

WC: 529
Total: 1399 / 1500

"Gwynevere Carpathius"