Whitebark Stream And so it begins

She was startled from her focus on the herbs in front of her and turned, a clump of leaves falling from her maw. 
"Oh. Hello. I'm Aphrodite, the healer! I was just sorting these herbs." She wanted to babble on about each one and what they did but managed to curb her enthusiasm, though her tail developed a life of its own and flopped about excitedly. So excitedly, in fact, she knocked over a stack of dried flowers. "Oops...damn tail."