Alys didnt have much interest in having a plant growing next to her bed, however one of the new ones what had been wheeled out she knew much about. Valerian was a herb that had been administered to her on occasion when her dreams were not as forthcoming as they might otherwise have been.

"​A whisper in the shadowed night,
Valerian brings the balm of sleep.
A root to ease the waking fright,
And promise slumber, dark and deep.
It binds the mind in silken thread,
To dream on peaceful, quiet bed."

As she recited the poem her voice was low and soft in a way that might be used to encourage someone to sleep. Valerian was a friend.