BACK TO THE BEGINNING — She could begin here

Skyblue looked at the herbs, the bowls, the place where she had brought an injured dwarf years before. She remembered the village’s fear and the healer quietly slipping remedies into her bag.

“Do you need any help?” she asked.

Evarista pointed to some leaves that needed sorting.

Skyblue sat beside her.

As they worked, she told her a little about Yaseee. The healer listened with a smile and asked how he was. Outside, village life went on. Treasures were still guarded. There were still dragons who would have found Skyblue’s questions unwelcome.

She carefully set aside a damaged leaf.

She could begin here.