Phoenix Maplewood Looking For Some Herbs

The plan may have been simple, but it seemed a hell of a gamble.  Burdock's large, heart shaped leaves were easy enough to spot in the spring, summer, and fall... but now, in this horrid season of famine when all had died away, Spring and Reek were nothing more than explorers without a compasse.  Lost and reliant solely on luck.

"You sure Spring?" came Reek's reluctant reply. "Burdock's relatively uncommon in these parts... I don't know that we should waste time by searching blind, you know?"  With a grimace, Reek shrugged. They simply couldn't overturn the whole maplewood in search of a single plant; it would be an unnecessary expendeture of valuable energy, especially now in winter when it was to be conserved at all costs.