Lion Head Mesa Malachite

She finds herself hesitating.

To learn, yes, she desires this above all: to know which plants serve which purpose, what is indicated in the stars above, and how to see the underlying secret meanings beneath words people speak. Education still feels a forbidden thing not meant to be touched by peasant girls, though it is not necessarily so in Queen Toula’s Akashingo.

“Yes,” she tempers an addled mind, eager eyes growing wide. She would have sought time with Tavina regardless and would not pass on the opportunity to also learn from her. “Only, if you’ve the time for it, Doctor. I can wash your bedding and your floors. Keep your stores replenished, bring clean water. Any duties I can alleviate, Tavina, please I will do so.”