Two more stars in the sky

With Meldresi's confirmation and Crescendo's promise, the priestess set to making the dye. She dug a hole into the ground, and dropped the herbs into the ditch. The priestess searched around the ground, looking for a stone. She found a good-sized one, rather quickly, then returned to the shallow hole. The alpha worked with much ceremony, grinding the herbs into a thick paste. She paused, taking a piece of damp moss and squeezing the water into the paste and grinding again. It would take a while, but Crescendo could wait.