The dark cub had devoted this afternoon to shadowing his mother when she had been the first one (besides his littermate sisters) he spotted lurking near the rendezvous. She had been heading off to nose around in the woods, so he had attempted to join her, but his attention span waned when his questions were met with complicated answers about plant stuff—like names and how different things grew and why. Since it was a lot of information coming at him fast, he swiftly found he wasn't really in the mood for that.

So, looking to be rid of him anyway if he wasn't going to be useful, she tasked Jarilo with delivering flowers instead. She didn't tell him very much about it since he hadn't asked about that, but she'd pointed him down the trail belonging to his older sisters with a small clutch of raspberry leaves and dandelions in tow. He at least knew that much, and assumed, someone at the delivery point would know what Mama was talking about because he sure did not. Stretching out his ever-lengthening stride over the mountain path, he just went galloping where his nose led, eager to do something. 

Since he wasn't the best at telling his identical sisters apart yet, he didn't exactly realize he was honing in on @Lyra most of all, and by extension, the new wolf he had heard his parents mention once or twice maybe, @Rannoch. Scent of such an unknown tickled his nose oddly, even over the freshly-picked plants held tight in his teeth.

Scents were telling him he was getting close. Very close, and a half-step after that notion occurred to him, one of the dark sisters appeared. He perked, tail wiggling, and was eager to show off the greens clamped in his teeth (and by extension, those very teeth) as she greeted and then questioned him.

Deciding then was a good enough time to put them down, he dropped it all at her feet—dandelions, leaves and (just two) flowers, then some serrated raspberry leaves, which there were more of. His tail stayed swaying, although slower now. "Rannoch? Oh, I  guess. Mama said to help and take them here," he eyed her hopefully, provided she could know what to do with them. "She said the plants'll be going away soon..? Why's Rannoch need these?" Jarilo gestured down at them, although couldn't help but scrunch his nose at the strange name on his tongue for the first few times. ...Did Rannoch eat leaves?

His tail wiggled happily at the thanks, and he beamed back up at her. He was pleased it was well-received, so to him, he could check that much as a successful chore even if he had come into it knowing little--and he realized now that he may as well find out more about the hows and whys of all this. Shadowing his parents was often a wealth of information (sometimes more than he wanted to deal with even), so he realized this was probably no different, even if it was a topic he didn't delve this far into; he listened to where Lyra began with a careful, thoughtful squint as he pieced it together--and decided what he was going to ask about.

"Oh." with a soft nod, he concluded, and put that name to that situation he barely knew about. "Is he getting better already? Will I see him sometime?" Hadn't this all just happened? He thought so, but he was kind of oblivious to Big pack matters that concerned more individuals than just his immediate family. All he did know was that he had not seen a Rannoch around anywhere, so probably, he was still not well enough to be spotted like that. But it was really good she was helping him get better. "How do the leaves help do that?" 

She didn't deny him entirely, so he couldn't see anything wrong with that when he knew he wasn't going to be helpful to any healing. There was far too much he didn't know yet, so the boy wasn't going to push his luck. "Well.. that's good though. I don't need to see him right now anyway," he accepted, filing that away for later and hoping this Rannoch could live up to the suspense. But, if his sisters were good to him and gave him healing leaves, he had to be pretty cool.

With big, owlish eyes he watched whatever she was doing with the dandelions. "Okay... that's neat," he said after a scrunch to his face. How useful! No one liked pain, and if something as easy as chewing these pretty-easy to find leaves could help it.. ?? Well! "Do you have others I could get for you??" he asked, tapping his paws lightly and looking about like he was ready to go with or without some sort of answer in mind. But he thought he would offer before he took off. Picking flowers was certainly something he could do.

He still didn't entirely wrap his head around the healing matters, although could pretend he did. The doing something part of picking flowers did appeal to him more.. mainly because he had never been hurt, and he didn't see the fullest extent of why the healing arts were so important. But with an expanding worldview, hopefully, he'd know more one day.

Jarilo answered her back with an eager nod. More of those golden ones, check. He could do that--especially knowing what they looked and tasted like. That alone was a distinct advantage. "Ohh??" he perked, very obviously baited by the way her words drew off for more. "What does it look like? Where does it come from??" he asked, very carefully reining himself in so he could hear about it, if she decided to share the answers to this.

Each detail received a nod of its own. Nettle. Swelling. Base of tree. Like this. He watched sharply, going to where she indicated and willing himself to remember every. single. bit. Jarilo's tail soon picked up a new rhythm although she had warned him to be careful.. and inherently, as a young brash boy, he wasn't always the best at that. Still, he was excited about the chance to try this new challenge and actually, he  could get behind the notion of collecting more plants one day.. especially if spring brought new things like mama said it would. "Okay! I will," he teetered a fine, happy line of ready to bolt with every breath. Because he loved his sister and was happy when any of them spent any time with him, he stayed long enough to plant some very speedy licks along the underside of her chin before he was spinning off, readying to go. "Thanks!!" and he barked some kind of goodbye, then ran off at top speed.