[color=D6CC88]The child blushed at the praise, but nodded.  Her parents were absolutely wise!  She looked at various things around the shop, but rejoined Ethan in time to pay the herbalist.  The old lady's words to Zander reminded Amuné a great deal of something her mother often said.  All the knowledge in the world was no good if you didn't use your heart.  The man brushed Mae's advice off with a snarky comment.  The girl smothered a giggle when he ran into the closed door, and turned her attention back to Ethan.

He had their purchases, so she called Wyth to her side and hurried to open the door.  Of course he didn't remember which way they'd come from, but she did.  "I don't know where the smithy is, but we came that way."  Amuné pointed off down the street.  "But it's going to take a while to make stuff there, right?  So there's no hurry.  And, um, Nymira gave me some money and said we should get things.  Like maybe a bit of per...per...um, the type of food that doesn't last long?"  She couldn't remember the right word for it, but she knew fruits and vegetables were important for staying healthy, and it was best to have some with every meal.

Zander rejoined them, after having lagged behind for a ways.  The girl looked at him in surprise when he suddenly decided to use his magic to help Ethan.  If he was going to help, why had he taken so long?  Maybe he didn't want the lady at the shop to see?  But then he turned and walked off.  What was that about?  Amuné couldn't make much sense of a lot of things the healer did, so she just looked at Ethan and shrugged.[/color]