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Ayla of No People (_ayla_) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-08-09 09:53:00

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ayla, complete, day 10, yvaine

Day 10
Who: Yvaine & Ayla
What: Healing Session
When: Mid Morning
Where: Yvaine's Room
Rating: G
Status: Finished

Ayla woke early, though it was hard to tell with the storm still raging outside. Sitting up on her bed, she looked around the dark cave. Sparse light filtered in through the singular window at the back. She'd never had a window in her cave in the valley, and that was only one of the differences between this cave and that one. Still, it was more familiar than a room such as Rusty's was to her.

She crawled to the firepit where she'd banked her fire and built it up again. She needed to make some tea for Yvaine and get it to her. The dressing on her leg probably needed to be changed as well. She would prepare everything and then take it with her to the star woman's room. She boiled willow bark and snake root for the tea. Instead of the snake root going on the outside, it was going to heal from the inside.

It would still take several weeks before it was completely healed, but Ayla was sure she would be able to walk with no problems at all. As the water for the tea boiled, she cleaned herself up and put on a new wrap. Being in a cave with a fire always made her smell a little smoky. Not unpleasant, just... outdoorsy. She plaited her long blond hair back in a single braid down her back and went back for the tea.

With soaked leather, dry gauze and tea in hand, she left her room and headed to Yvaine's second story room. She shifted everything in her arms in order to knock on the door.

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fallen_star
2008-08-24 08:44 pm UTC (link)

Yvaine thought that Ayla’s son sounded perfectly fine. She couldn’t imagine why anyone would find that to be a deformity. Then again, people often feared what they didn’t understand, what was different. Perhaps the cave woman’s easy acceptance of the star was due in part to what she’d faced, being different and having a son who was different from the Clan in which they lived.

When Ayla explained the next segment of her story, Yvaine felt sad for her. She had been completely cast out from her Clan for stupid reasons. They were idiots. They lost a perfectly good medicine woman because of their prejudices. However, a look seemed to pass over the cave woman’s face that indicated she hadn’t been the only one hurt by what happened, but she might possibly have gotten the better over someone else. The star woman figured it was Broud from the way she talked about it, and she was pleased. Ayla was strong.

A soft yawn stretched Yvaine’s mouth for a moment, and she knew it was best that the cave woman leave her to rest. “Thank you.” She smiled at Ayla and wished the younger woman a good day as well. When she left. Yvaine lay down to sleep until that evening.

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