Herbalists' Cache Weep for yourself

For lack of any other ideas, Veteran trailed along behind his new acquaintance. His nose wrinkled when he finally caught up to the stench.

They came upon the party in question fairly quickly. The first stranger went on to say something about an uncle and a goat (a goat??) and Veteran didn't have a clue how he was supposed to add to that. So he just stood there with a sympathetic expression. The pale guy was clearly having a rough day.