Recovery

Walk | Talk | Think

Her instructor described the plant they would likely find, a shrub with possible buds upon it. That seemed straightforward enough though she continued to fret that finding it amongst so many other plants might prove challenging. How easily might it be able to hide amongst its neighbors? Would she be able to tell it apart from other new blossoming plants that were beginning to show? But Max would be there, with his patient knowledge and kind instruction. If she missed it he would point it out, and the still weak girl could learn something not only from his teachings but from his perfect manner as well.

The question she had posed appeared to help in theory with deducing which plants would prove to be the Valerian Root. Maximous claimed after a pause that it had a very strong scent, one that had attracted the notice of the women from his old pack and made them use it as a sort of perfume. The concept was new to Callisto, using plants to alter one's own scent, and a little she was actually intrigued by it. Maybe she would try this herself some time, if and when she found a bloom whose scent agreed with her keen nose.

She only hoped the plant they were after now would have a potent enough smell for them to find it, her nose already working and scenting at the air for anything pleasant and fragrant like a wild flower. Green scents were most prominent, as well as some dry brown lingering from winter. "Are you sure it's common?" she asked with a hint of skepticism, though she spoke too soon. The faintest trace of something sweet, something fragrant ghosted across the air, and Callisto's slow leading strides stopped. She angled her head upward, brows furrowing as she closed her eyes to more closely focus upon the scent. "Do you smell that?" she asked quietly, uncertain if what she smelled was the flowering plant they sought at a distance or if it was another nearby with a softer perfume.