Pan knew as soon as he saw Yana’s unkempt appearance and heard her snapping words, that she needed to spend more time around people. When she chides him for not studying, a quick flash of argument crosses his face, and he opens his mouth to disagree, but before he can do so, she’s speaking of setting traps with the pastry. Curious enough to wonder what she was trapping, he hands the soggy pastry over, wondering what she means to collect with it. But, he also knew it was quite tasty, so even a rat would be lucky to have it.
He follows his first gift with a second, drawing a small swatch of Bee Balm from his satchel, tied a bit sloppily with a piece of twine. Well, I brought you these too… it’s Bee Balm from my home. You can crush it and put it on bleeding, or mix it to a tea… and I thought you might also want some of this.” He pulled out a soggy Skunk Cabbage bulb, passing it to the healer with a question. I don’t know what it is, but I found it on the corner of the swamp… and it smells terrible, so I figure it must be good for you. I don’t remember much about my mom, but I remember she told me that I had to eat yucky things because they were good for me, so maybe this is good too? That, and it wasn’t like Yana’s cottage didn’t already smell weird – the sacrifice she’d have to make as a hedgewitch, he supposed.
Come along then, we can make it to the festival before nightfall. There’s so much to do – we have food, and spiced drinks, and music… While he wasn’t sure if any of these things would appeal to the starry witch, he had to believe that he could entice her in another way. And we can go through the meadow on the way there – I’m told there are lots of healing flowers there… you can pick some and take them with you. Maybe we can trade… I can bring you herbs from Delumine for some of your stinky swamp plants?
He follows his first gift with a second, drawing a small swatch of Bee Balm from his satchel, tied a bit sloppily with a piece of twine. Well, I brought you these too… it’s Bee Balm from my home. You can crush it and put it on bleeding, or mix it to a tea… and I thought you might also want some of this.” He pulled out a soggy Skunk Cabbage bulb, passing it to the healer with a question. I don’t know what it is, but I found it on the corner of the swamp… and it smells terrible, so I figure it must be good for you. I don’t remember much about my mom, but I remember she told me that I had to eat yucky things because they were good for me, so maybe this is good too? That, and it wasn’t like Yana’s cottage didn’t already smell weird – the sacrifice she’d have to make as a hedgewitch, he supposed.
Come along then, we can make it to the festival before nightfall. There’s so much to do – we have food, and spiced drinks, and music… While he wasn’t sure if any of these things would appeal to the starry witch, he had to believe that he could entice her in another way. And we can go through the meadow on the way there – I’m told there are lots of healing flowers there… you can pick some and take them with you. Maybe we can trade… I can bring you herbs from Delumine for some of your stinky swamp plants?
Pan
Dawn Court
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