Blackfeather Woods Helping Hands

Piles of leaves were dug away, but no herbs or mushrooms that Cicero had knowledge of were found. Cicero shook his head after searching for another while. He looked at Venus and shook his head. "There are not many herbs in winter. Cicero has a stash not far from here, so Venus can see some dry herbs." He beckoned for her to follow, then set off in the direction of his most nearby cache of healing herbs.

After half an hour of moving through the dark forest, Cicero nosed around an old fox den to reveal some dried herbs. He picked one out and explained: "This one is for fighting pain. Fresh herbs are always better than dried herbs, but it is good to have dried herbs just in case. There are not always fresh ones." This winter's day a testiment to that very statement.