Porcupine Ridge If it's any consolation, I've taken your advice

The woman was reserved, stoic to the point of being expressionless, but seemed benevolent enough. Liri followed the woman's gesture, planning to search the referenced area and gathering some of the buds before returning to the Vale. 

"I thank you, " she answered with a grateful bow of her peppered skull. "He is, we were hungry enough to attempt bringing down an elk some days past though our group appears to be recovering." Liri saw no harm in revealing this - the stranger did not appear to be a troublesome sort, nor had she quite given up how small their band of nomads was. 

"It is customary where I'm from to return a kindness in full. If there is any information about Teekon that I could impart on you, you need only ask, " the former leader dipped her head slightly, as if waiting to see if Heloise had any questions.