Annie thought the woman's response a much more mature answer than her own. Dittany was useful, and given the new information that the woman was a healer, made sense. "Yes, I saw it. I'm not sure I'd ever seen the plant itself before. What an interesting texture to it." Being as clumsy as she was, Annie had it used on her plenty of times in her life, so therefore had only seen the solution and never the actual plant.

"I think it a telling choice," Annie smiled warmly. "You must enjoy being a healer?" Her own work was not nearly as useful as that, but Annie did enjoy it. She wished it wasn't quiet necessary, but as she hadn't been able to collect herself a husband yet, she didn't have much of a choice. The closer she got to spinsterhood, the more valuable it would be to make her own money and tuck it away in case something were to ever happen. She didn't want to be a burden to her family forever.