We can be the kings and queens of anything, if we believe.
"I'll keep my eyes open. And be careful," the girl promised cheerfully. She had some plans for a bit of alone time in the Wilds anyway, so it would not be difficult to collect some specimen for Ray.
Throwing a pleased look at the growing number of vials full of color, Seren watched the tools and new plant with interest. The damp heat of the room was curling her hair into some wild tangled mess, glued to the temples as she set to work. It was harder work than the rest, but quite satisfying. The contented smile and color-stained fingers brought to mind some forest witch's apprentice rather than a well-groomed daughter of starlight... And perhaps, in moments like these, she was more her father's child indeed.
"If I wanted to make the white.. how would I process the Hel droppings?" she asked, once the grind and thunk of mortar and pestle subsided and the powdered galls were deposited into the cauldron.
Throwing a pleased look at the growing number of vials full of color, Seren watched the tools and new plant with interest. The damp heat of the room was curling her hair into some wild tangled mess, glued to the temples as she set to work. It was harder work than the rest, but quite satisfying. The contented smile and color-stained fingers brought to mind some forest witch's apprentice rather than a well-groomed daughter of starlight... And perhaps, in moments like these, she was more her father's child indeed.
"If I wanted to make the white.. how would I process the Hel droppings?" she asked, once the grind and thunk of mortar and pestle subsided and the powdered galls were deposited into the cauldron.
Seren
