Redsand Canyon Before she gets there

Ruenna nodded, relieved to hear that Aquene had the resources available to boost her pain treatment. "The new regimen is already helping, I think," she mentioned, speaking of the short and long term courses of treatment that they had very recently begun. Ruenna already felt lighter and less troubled by the pain, but that also could very well have to do with the changes taking place in her body related to her heat. 

Aquene pushed the medication towards her, and Ruenna bent down to lap it up and swallow in one fell swoop. A seasoned medicine-taking champ, she knew it always went down easiest if one did not spend too much time looking at, sniffing, or chewing it.

Aquene spoke up with a question, and she did not speak with the easy confidence that Ruenna had come to expect from her. This caught the Matrona's attention at once, and concern etched across her face as Aquene mentioned an uncomfortable situation. Would this have something to do with Kallik? "Of course. What happened, Aquene?" Ruenna asked softly.