Teach Me

He could see as he'd straitened out the small pile of herbs that she was concentrateing on the plants in front of her. He would watch silently as she looked over and sniffed each plant. He wanted her to come to her own assessment of them. Each plant that lay before them had been seen by every wolf out there. Most would mistake it for a weed.

Callisto would stop at the flower like weed and come to a conclusion that she would voice. "these are really common." her statement brought a smile to his face. He would also nod out of habbit to let her know that she was indeed correct before speaking. "Its obvious that you have seen these before as you know that these are indeed common herbs. But can you give me the name of the weed, as most would call it, that led you to this conclusion?"

Most would have jumped directly into teaching about the herbs. He however was doing as his mentor before him had done. He was observing what she already knew and making her mind work so that it would be easier for her to remember rather than stuffing her mind with thousands of facts and expecting her to remember them. However if learning would be easier for her another way he would be happy to alter the lessons to help her.