Swiftcurrent Creek fairy-shouting

"i h-have been well, arlette! and you?" lestan asked, his eyes brightening to see the medic which had so transformed his life. "i've b-been —" obsessively searching for a man i don't think wants me any longer "— tracking our r-resident herds."
"and i f-found this for you," lestan continued in an excitable burbling, removing the pear bark and setting it where arlette could fully inspect. "is it useful? medicinal in some way?"