The Heartwood I whistle a happy tune

sounds good! Mind if we make them all happen pretty close together timeline wise? Sorry I'm a little slow also but since she's back home now it'd make sense ^^

Unless she comes back, which she can do :)

"I've kinda come to realize that. They are really connected.". It was part of the reason she was finding she enjoyed both so mich. She'd always known of her naturalist inclinations, but the healing was new.

In a seemingly short amount of time they found what they were looking for - a Willow tree, it's trailing branches impossible to miss even in the winter. Stepping around the skeletal skirt of the tree's limbs, she approached the trunk alongside Ivev, gazing up at the branches above before focusing on what was being spoken.

In a roundabout way they did answer her question... Frost was damaging to the bark. She supposed it was possible that there were no other uses, but it was unlikely. She would perhaps learn eventually if not now. Lifting a paw, she too began prising at the bark, attempting to break off some of the looser exterior pieces. To take too much, she knew, could harm the tree.

"Is it better to simply chew the bark, or should it be swallowed?" either way had to work, but was the bark dangerous to ingestion? Or stronger that way?