Herbalists' Cache hanging on in quiet desperation

I know, Aish replied patiently, giving the snaggle-toothed woman a half smile. Meat rots—but fruit ferments. This is what my family have taught me.

And when fruit fermented—

Did she really have to explain such a simple fact of life to this stranger?

I'm Aisling, she introduced herself, with a brief nod of her dark head. And you?