Greatwater Lake Basic components of life

The white she-wolf did not seem to be put off by Sarah's attitude at all. She did not reply to her questions and still insisted on helping her. It occurred to her briefly that she was trying to poison her, but then again - why give so much effort and talk smart? Leave her be and watch her waste away gradually. 

"Will it be just as foul-smelling as this stuff?" she asked, looking down at the herbs that were supposed to help her inflamed airways. "What exactly do you intend to do?" Sarah asked distrustfully, because she had no idea, what a poultice was. She was the "pain-in-the-ass" kind of patient.