Tending to the boy’s wounds was not a terribly hard task, but what he worried about was that the boy had gotten injured on his watch - a visitor from a new ally and he had let the lad go off and do something daft. He knew better now than to be too terribly far from the young buck’s side now and intended no amount of distance put him in jeopardy again. He scolds the lad and when he is done, notably with Halcyon being quite intrigued by his work, Blackfoot stands to receive a heartfelt thanks.

“Thank you, Blackfoot. I’m sorry to worry you like that. I guess… I’m just not used to others being concerned for me. I can’t say that I matter much in the bigger picture, but I will try to remember what you have said. My paw feels better and now I think I have a good understanding of how to go about mending wounds. What else can you teach me?” Blackfoot scoffs. Big picture? Clearly the boy had much to learn. In Moladion, everyone mattered. Every wolf had reason to shrink back from it, but all wolves were also on the cusp of greatness. “I have a mind to cuff you.” He mutters, gold eyes looking at Halcyon with a greater amount of disapproval with the way it was simply breezed over -- but no matter.

“Well, if it had not felt better, you would use poppy or white willow bark, depending on the harshness of the pain...”

He watches Halcyon take a step forward and measure the pain of the self-inflicted wound for himself It is not a satisfying expression for Blackfoot, but he let’s the boy play brave. He could only do so much, after all. “What else is in that thing, anyways?” He is asked and Blackfoot finds himself looking to his turtle shell without a second though. Herbs were easier than the patients, if he was honest, and after the initial diagnosis, it was up to the wounded to take his words to heart.

“There are all kinds of herbs for speeding up healing, for swelling, for pain, and even some for safe passage to the spirits and those who walk with them.” He tilts his head and leads the boy over to it. “Mushrooms have some very fine qualities, but many also are destined to steal the life from the body. I almost died as a pup when I mistook one for another of similar appearance… This bladed leaf is best when chewed, good for your lot in Iromar with the mosquitos, but also good for fleas for anyone who finds trouble with them. It is called Neem. Yarrow there, the yellow flower looking head, is good to slow and stop bleeding after you mash it or chew it up. Valerian is good for nervousness, that green and purple bud right there. They will grow sleepy, mind you, so it is better once the individual is safe… Eyebright can help with injuries or infections of the eye -- that one there with the white and yellow flowers… And that bristley pod with the purple top is Burdock - good for curing the blood of infection, regrowing patches of hair that go missing, and stopping the ball growths in the old which eat away their bodies.”

He tilts his head and looks back to Halcyon. “But there are far more in that shell than you need to learn of. What you need is to learn how to safely store small clusters of these in many places in your home - or know where to find them growing. Also, how to use each plant properly - as some will kill you with one piece and save you with another.”