Herbalists' Cache portable ops

the shadow, too, wandered — but in her wanderings, she left behind no home, no kith nor kin. such was long behind her now, in miles and in memory. and she knew her own shadow was never far behind her, so she did not fear to roam wherever her whims bid her. alduin the saint was nowhere in sight now, but the voidsent felt the spirit of him with their own. it was enough.
a new scent among the foliage. allowing her nose to lead her, the changeling found new intrigue. another boy: earthmade and young, younger than any the shadow had collected thus far, in hot pursuit of a glinting legless thing. she did not call out to him, as she had the gunmetal boy. she watched, for now, with no effort toward concealing her presence, nor any toward making it known.