Recovery

Walk | Talk | Think

She was right! Her desire to find the plant and hoard it away inside of her den grew at the knowledge that it was close, possibly just paces away from where she stood, and her silvery blue eyes opened swiftly to begin looking around for the budding or flowering plant. Maximous confirmed for her that it was near, leaving it up to her to determine the location by scent alone, and though her impatience argued that their little mission would have been over much faster if he only handed it over she knew there was a lesson in here in being able to find it for herself. If she could locate it now on her own, when the flower was still growing and not even in its prime when the fragrance would be easier to follow, she was sure to find it everywhere, even when she was not looking for it.

Quietly she exhaled and breathed in again slowly, picking up on the scent and taking a step forward, once and then again, slow and patient. Ahead. It had to be ahead. Not to either side did she see any telltale plants that could have been the one she sought, and nor when she turned her head in either direction did she notice a strengthening of the perfume that she followed. Her steps brought her continued their slow forward march, keeping Max at her side for support though she was beginning to feel stable again - or maybe it was just the distraction of the lesson. The scent, she noticed, lessened slightly, but picked up again to her left, and she adjusted her path to follow it, lowering her head and letting her keen nose guide her along.

All the while her blue eyes were alert and searching, until finally she spied something that she the thought resembled the plant Maximous had described to her. A small bush with just a few buds formed, and even more beginning to form. Her nose twitched as she stopped again, and she turned her head to look up into the face of her instructor. "Is that it?" she asked, quite sure that she was right but wishing for his confirmation even before she finished approaching the plant to know for certain herself.