Herbalists' Cache wooden doll

sun eater had come to appreciate the efforts of his wife on behalf of the captives. she kept the ghost talker's promise from starving; she taught a new skill to the captive and unmarried women.

a soft respect was forming around @Star Eater.

he came to find her with a rare treat: ptarmigan eggs set in the brains of a doe caribou. a very rich food, haphazardly mingled but borne with affection. he carried a skull of it, and set it down beside his wife.

"the green-eyed girl." his words were without preamble. "wolves of the moon did this to me." gesture to his maiming; "i believe she is one of them."

the chieftain switched the meat he had been chewing to his other jawline. "i mean to make a trade of her. the girl for the one who did this."

he looked at his wife now. "unless you have an idea for her that is better."