LUVENA
She paused at hearing it was still sore. Knowing it was better than nothing. But it was that healers itch to fix it. It was a faulty mindset, and one that given her own state she should have been well and truly over. She moved to the shelves on her wall, pushing jars aside until she found one full of mint. Quickly grinding it into a paste, mixing it with just a bit of oil she had purchased from the market until it had thinned out, and tipping it into an empty bottle.
“This might do better. In combination. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it the other day. Not to eat mind you. Just to rub over the area, as needed.” She gestured to the now full bottle on the counter. “Mint is rather… invasive, so as long as you learn to make this - its rather simple - it’s easy to get in a pinch”
She gave a soft smile to the girl. “Oh I’m alright” She replied gently. “This winter hasn’t been a gentle one though. Not on the people of the night court.” Luvena chanced a quick glance at her shelves. Where most of the jars sat empty. She hadn’t really been in any condition to go gather them herself, already running herself ragged here, and even if she had there was scarcely anything to find. She didn’t manage to stifle the next fit of coughs.
It had been hard on her as well. With hardly enough to treat her patients she’d not been taking any of her stores for herself, and working through every fever and headache, trying to find a way to stretch what stores she did have. Today she was feeling well enough. In comparison at least. She was still hot to the touch, but her head was clear for a day, and she didn’t ache down to her bones.
“Not on me either” she finished as she finally caught her breath. “But never you mind that, you’re here to learn. And so learn you shall.” She moved back to the shelves. “How many of these do you recognize?”
@Polar North
“This might do better. In combination. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it the other day. Not to eat mind you. Just to rub over the area, as needed.” She gestured to the now full bottle on the counter. “Mint is rather… invasive, so as long as you learn to make this - its rather simple - it’s easy to get in a pinch”
She gave a soft smile to the girl. “Oh I’m alright” She replied gently. “This winter hasn’t been a gentle one though. Not on the people of the night court.” Luvena chanced a quick glance at her shelves. Where most of the jars sat empty. She hadn’t really been in any condition to go gather them herself, already running herself ragged here, and even if she had there was scarcely anything to find. She didn’t manage to stifle the next fit of coughs.
It had been hard on her as well. With hardly enough to treat her patients she’d not been taking any of her stores for herself, and working through every fever and headache, trying to find a way to stretch what stores she did have. Today she was feeling well enough. In comparison at least. She was still hot to the touch, but her head was clear for a day, and she didn’t ache down to her bones.
“Not on me either” she finished as she finally caught her breath. “But never you mind that, you’re here to learn. And so learn you shall.” She moved back to the shelves. “How many of these do you recognize?”
@Polar North
"speech"
usually it starts
with a nightmare,
some sordid dream
that creeps in on a
saccharine song,
souring as it hits its peak.
with a nightmare,
some sordid dream
that creeps in on a
saccharine song,
souring as it hits its peak.
