Test Your Luck

Walk | Talk | Think

He surprised her at that point by shutting up. She half expected at any second that he might go on to say more, maybe another question that he seemed to have an endless supply of, but after a second longer she decided to take her chance and move. Callisto picked up the walk she had left off on, her tail lashing once against the backs of her legs in her frustration, and heard behind her the sound of Jakart falling into step. A bit forcefully, the black and grey healer bit her tongue. So long as she stayed quiet and ignored him, maybe he would eventually get bored and leave on his own.

With her keen nose as a guide, she led them along through the Thicket, sifting through the scents and trying to isolate the ones that she recognized as well as those that were new and might hold potential. Most, disappointingly enough, were merely common smells, things that would do no good or harm, and still others she recognized. But nothing yet of what she might find useful to ease the severity of her condition.

The sound of Jakart's cheerful, helpful voice speaking out again was almost enough to cause the hairs along the back of the healer's neck to rise in agitation, but barely composing herself she managed to turn toward him and his find with only the same irritation as before. He introduced her to sandalwood, identifying a tree that he proceeded to point out and define for her.

Though she wanted not to be, she was immediately intrigued. Sandalwood was new for her, and even as she felt the urge to brush off his suggestion like it was nothing Callisto sidled slowly over to it to give the tree a closer look. She logged away the medicinal properties it possessed, hoping that Jakart's information was correct, and after a moment of close, careful inspection, responded, "That's not going to help." Even so, she did not move from it but continued to stare at it, curious as only a healer could be over a new find. Begrudgingly, she ended her drawn out pause and forced herself to ask, "Is it the bark?" As much as she wanted to walk away, she simply could not leave a new find empty handed with nothing to show for finding it.