She coughed again an nodded at the healer gratefully. It hurt having the sore addressed but the relief every time the salve was applied made the preceding stinging worth it. The quill sat their waiting for her, Antelope imagined it looked impatient, if magically animated quills were capable of such a thing.

"hmm... the bark was grey? Maybe a little red?" she forced out and paused to watch Tabitha a little. "..large, oval leaves that were sort of waxy.... I remember a drawing of it in the book but..." her eyes widened as if she had just confessed to something utterly dastardly. She looked at Tabitha pleading "You arent allowed to tell my parents anything are you?" if she understood healers oaths it was akin to a confessional so she hoped she could confess to her part in this without her parents knowing. In the slim chance she could fix it before they returned home.