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He seemed better, not great but better. Had Orchid gathered the pack together and tried more herbs like she had asked? She could only hope. He allowed her to place the leaves on his brow without fuss or complaint, and she reached forward to lap some of the dried blood from his cheeks. He was a mess. After a moment he would reply, listing two rather odd herbs before throwing out a third she didn't recognize. But then again horsetail was mostly a topical plant and here she was feeling it to him. Who was she to complain? Orchid had left some? Vi's head lifted from his paws as she cast her gaze around the small den and sure enough. There it was. All three of the herbs were there. Valerian root. It helped with stomach pain didn't it? Or something like vomiting? God she didn't know. She didn't care. She reached over and plucked a section of it out before offering it to him with the other two she had brought. "Eat. There's been deaths now because of this sickness. I can't loose you." she murmured, nosing the herbs closer to him. But what if she did? How long could she continue forcing herbs down his throat before enough was enough? Before either his mind of his body gave out? Would they? Could she let them?

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