Heron Lake Plateau take me with you, for luck, for laughs, for the unknown...

2/5 for caretaker base

It was slow going, but she was pleased with her progress. Held in her jaws were reeds, cattails, wrapped around her tail were cobwebs harvested from near the banks, and she had found herbs.

Oh, so many herbs!

Pain relief, to halt bleeding, to still a cough in the lungs, everything and anything and all at once, they were in her jaws. She could taste the mint in her maw, the smell of it so close to her nose making her nostrils twitch and drool collect in her mouth, but she didn’t let it bother her as she splashed through the lakeside, up to her ankles in shallow water.