Sunbeam Lair A Casual Stroll Through The Woods

As the male observed the plant, she'd stood back and kept a close eye on him. She was curious to see how he might do and, despite her low expectations, looked forward to witnessing his way of going about the harvest. He'd inspected it, sniffed it, and then sneezed as a result. It was humorous, in a way, but she'd not laughed. The girl's expression remained neutral enough, only a partial smile having been able to find itself a place on her lips. When he'd looked her way, she'd nodded, encouraging him to proceed; his nervousness was evident within his features, but she'd hoped that he'd be able to push passed that and focus on the task at hand. It was shortly after that when he'd started digging, and Asterr settled herself down in the meantime. For how long it might take really depended on him, as well as how confident he felt in himself.

There was a grip upon the root, and then there was hardly anything as she'd watched Gray stumble back. She'd stood and inspected the plant after he'd dropped it, finding that it wouldn't be the most useful of products. Still, she shook her head, waving off his statement. "No one does well at first," assured the dragoness, making her way towards another one of the plants. "You will learn, though. I will teach you how to harvest roots in a way that lowers the risk of destruction." Silver optics lingered upon the man for a second prior to her attention being offered to the burdock plant. It was with a gentle mouth that she'd pulled the leaves away, removing a few in the process so that the ground beneath could be seen better. Thereafter, a single paw was placed near the base of the stem, but she'd not started to dig. Rather, Asterr looked over to Gray, inviting him to move closer so that he might have a clear view of what she was about to do.

"The trick is to make the opening in the ground long, following the root of your choice," she began, her forelimbs moving in the process to demonstrate what she'd meant. Once there was a lengthy opening in the dirt, she'd moved back. "You must use your front teeth to snip through both ends of the root, that way there is less stress placed upon both the plant and yourself during the extraction." With a wave of her muzzle, Asterr instructed him to do as she'd said, whilst she kept back and observed his doings.