Location: Cattail Creek

Segin seemed nearly as interested as Duchess did in the terrains and what the land had to offer them. But other than that, she wanted to spend time with him and get to know him better, just as she had and wanted with Gypsy. She was just as accepting with Indigo wanting this family for himself, anything to make him happy she would do. And the next step for her after he brought them home was to make them comfortable, especially in her presence. She wanted to help them as much as Indigo did.

The sun after the everlasting Ice Age felt nice on her dark pelt, and when they arrived at the creek, the shade of the sycamore trees was relieving. She moved to the steady flow of water, replenished with the melting snow and coming rains the season brought them. She looked backwards to Segin before dipping her head down to take a drink, the water a little more swampy than fresh but she didn't mind.

"Duchess"

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He had admittedly been a little surprised when Duchess asked him to go with her on this outing, but he was equally as eager to get to know her as he was to see the lands of Auster with a new light. He had been on the run when he passed through this area before so he had barely taken in any of it. Now that his fears were calmed and his physical state was far better than it once had been he was able to look at the lands around them and really appreciate them. Everywhere he looked Auster seemed to have some other beautiful piece of nature to enjoy and Cattail Creek seemed to be the same.

He happily stood under the shade of one of the sycamore trees, giving Duchess a smile when she glanced back at him before dipping her head to get a drink. His silver gaze took in the lush nature around them, eventually spotting a gathering of ducks that had settled on the shore across from them, none of them seemingly bothered by the smaller wolves watching them as they bathed in the water of the creek. He chuckled softly and then looked at the cat tail plants that lined the slow moving body of water.

"Did you know the cat tails could do this?" he questioned with a grin as he walked up to one of them, sitting back on his haunches so that he could hold one of the round, oval shaped pods that stood at the top of one of the plants between his front paws. He dug his claws into it and it exploded into a big poof of fluffy seeds, making him laugh softly and grin as he glanced back at her.

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Duchess turned to follow quietly behind Segin and admired the small family of ducks that splashed and dunked in the steady river. She wasn't interested in taking them for a meal, The Hallows was very better off with their stores now that the prey had returned. But she enjoyed the sight of wildlife. Killing prey wasn't exactly something she enjoyed, but she understood that cycle of life and wanted to provide for her pack and her family.

The sounds of the frogs went silent as the moved down the river but she could still hear the ones calling from the other side. She suspected other reptiles and amphibians called the creek home but none that she would be interested in coming to hunt. She preferred red meat after all.

She giggled too as Segin showed her what the cattails did, "You know, I actually didn't know that." Cattails were pretty strange anyway. They looked like a piece of meat on a skewer until you were close to them, and she didn't expect them to look like cotton or wool. She tested one out herself, reaching up to drag her claw down and experience the feel herself. "I wonder if they are good for anything."

"Duchess"

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Segin was glad that Duchess found his little trick amusing, grinning at her giggle. When she questioned if they could be used for anything he nodded eagerly. "Oh definitely! The leaves are actually pretty easy to weave together to craft pouches, shingles, all sorts of stuff. When they dry they're pretty durable. This fluffy stuff is really good to use for tinder to start a fire too. The roots can be used in healing too burns or cuts as an antiseptic." He chuckled as he got up, shaking off some of the fluff that had gotten stuck to his paw. "There was a pond near where I grew up that had a bunch of these around it so we used them for a lot of things." They were one of the more common plants besides the trees so he would end up using them instead of other herbs quite a bit.

He watched some of the ducks swim into the water and start moving down stream, seemingly done with their bath. He glanced around at the trees and plant life around them again, musing, "There is an awful lot of different plants around here, huh? Even just in the garden and the plains by the castle... I've never seen so many different herbs." Beginning to walk along the creek again, he turned his silver gaze back toward Duchess, asking, "Have you been living with Indigo for very long? You two seem really close."

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Duchess just smiled as Segin explained the many things that the cattail could do. She didn't really know he was a healer type until now. She had more interest of when he spoke about the pond where he grew up, though she still retained some of the information about the cattails. She did after want to learn some things about healing, maybe from someone other than Indigo to impress him. Segin seemed well enough for the task.

She looked around as he mentioned the numerous herbs around, it seemed Segin made her notice the beauty around just as Indigo did. She tried not to overlook those things because she really did admire what the land had to offer. But it was hard to focus with her thoughts always moving a mile a minute. "Maybe you should bring Indigo when he's feeling better, he would enjoy it." She assumed that the herbs grew here because of the waterway, it seemed like a good place for the plants to thrive. And all of the wildlife here seemed pretty peaceful. It was nice.

Segin had asked about how long she had lived with Indigo, and she almost wanted to blush to the thought that their affections may have not gone unnoticed. It had only been them for a while, and even with Gypsy they were still able to get a lot of alone time. "It's only been about a season." She started to walk on forward, moving through the creek and possibly to their next destination. But she still looked to Segin with a welcoming grin, enjoying his company even if she couldn't quite match up with his personality.

"Duchess"

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Segin grinned and nodded in agreement when Duchess mentioned bringing Indigo out here once he was better. He was looking forward to Indigo being healed for a lot of reasons, but mostly he was just looking forward to getting to spend more time with the man that had brought them all together and getting to learn more from him. It was obvious that Indigo was special to them all in some way or another, but after he took so much time and care with pulling him back from the brink and breathing life back into him Segin just wanted to prove to Indigo how appreciative he was of him. Him getting hurt so soon after he arrived was unfortunate, but wounds would heal.

He was actually surprised to hear that they had only been together for a season, but he got the sense that Indigo at least formed bonds pretty quickly so maybe it wasn't all that surprising. "Well... I'm really happy to be here with you all," he told her shyly, giving her another grin before he glanced away to look at the path ahead of them as they began to move on to their next destination. He knew that if he hadn't found Indigo when he had he would probably be dead by now and if not then certainly continuing to spiral and break himself even further. He had landed in good paws and for that he would forever be grateful.

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