Thalia's Ashen Fate
"I will gather more herbs. You will rest. I'm hoping to find some Calendula—it looks like a sun-colored daisy. It coaxes the flesh to knit and wards off the rot."
"You know so much about them," I observed, shifting against my bedroll.
He paused, a thoughtful expression softening his face as he gazed at the forest. "Life is a language, Thalia. The trees, the flowers, the beasts... they all speak. The more you learn to listen, the more you understand your place within it. It is the elven way." He fell silent, his gaze turning distant. "...or it was."
A shiver, cold and sharp, traced its way down my spine at the unbidden thought of Kaelen.
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