One Leaf, Two Leaf, Three Leaf GROW!

Her blue eyes took in the woman before her, noticing that she seemed to be quite a bit shy. Well, perhaps reserved was a better word to explain her actions, for she was not shuffling her paws in the dirt or refusing to make eye contact. Amalia smiled at her encouragingly, she knew that she was a little... much, at times. She just couldn't help it, she was so full of love that it nearly made her burst. When the woman's own tail wagged a few times she beamed at her even wider, tiny rabbit like tail twitching. "I was born in Seracia... were you there as well?" There wasn't too much that she remembered from her younger days, things happened in such a blur. She appeared to be the same age of Amalia, so they must have run into each other at least a few times. A lot happened back then, and although she looked back with fondness, there were still things that she missed and regretted. She hadn't been around her family much then, running into Athena when she was so near death. But she mentally shook her head, pushing away those thoughts. It wasn't fair to bring unkind thoughts while in someone's company! Goodness, she was being awfully rude today. She noticed a slight flare of recognition in the woman as well, and knew that they must have seen each other then.

It would seem that the topic of herbs brought the woman out of her shell. She giggled softly, casting her gaze towards her little pile of healing remedies. When her companion spoke again, she turned her head back to her and smiled fondly at her words. "Healing is amazing, isn't it? It gives me such purpose, a way to protect my family and those around me as well. I mean let's face it, I'm no fighter," she said with another small burst of giggles, lifting a paw to gesture to herself. She was tiny, and far too soft to be a warrior. Someone could just sit on her and she would be squished flat, then no more Amalia! But healing... yes she could do a lot with herbs. "I've actually been looking into studying certain sicknesses in pups, trying to figure out how to heal even the worst of diseases in the little ones. I would like to be able to eventually be able to give the mother something to help them while they are in the womb, to give each and every one a fighting chance." It made her so sad, the amount of pups that wouldn't often make it in the North because of the cold, dying before they even had a chance to breath. It broke her very giving heart, and one day she hoped to limit the amount of stillbirths. Her face grew more serious, eyes on the herbs in front of her once more. "Its a hard thing to study, I would hate to end up being the cause of one of the tiny lives not making it. So... very slow going." She had wished that it could be faster, but she had to be careful! Life was so fragile.

Once Ara introduced herself and her family, Amalia's face lit up again. "Oh! You're boys are simply adorable. I wanted to run over there and meet them, but that would have made quite the scene," she said with a grin. "Also, I am happy to see another couple like me and my wife, Athena. It isn't often that I run into a family with two mommies, and to be honest, you two gave me a lot of courage." Her russet ears pulled back slightly, at one point she had thought herself of being sick, for falling in love with someone who was the same gender as she was. But to see other other couples were where close... well it gave her the strength that she so desperately needed.