Sometime had passed since he had become a part of White Fir Notch and Jynx was well on the road to recovery which was a relief to Emrys. Now however it was time for him to start to get more integrated into the pack in his opinion especially with the position he held. He also wanted the others to feel as though they could come to him if they needed some medical help or advice. However there was one wolf in particular that he felt it necessary to talk to since they may be working together. Emrys had seen Sylva around but he hadn't had the chance to properly introduce himself to her and get hero know her apart from what Jynx had already told him about her. The white healer wanted to rectify that with the ebony yearling in hopes that they might have a partnership as the packs healers.

Being that he wasn't sure of Sylva’s routine he wasn't sure where she might be at that time of day so he thought it couldn't hurt to start his search at the infirmary den, it was the most logical place to look for her. It had taken him most of the morning to finish up his morning routine which had changed some since he had come to White Fir Notch because now he had to help out with the hunting and patrolling. Once he had finished up he headed toward the infirmary den where he hoped that he would find her inside or somewhere nearby by. As luck would have it she was outside the den, Emrys was glad he didn't have to hunt her down. “Hello Sylva,” he said once he was a few feet from her, “I thought we should talk.”

As he approached Sylva Emrys wondered why she was laying outside if the den instead of working. If it had been him he would either be out gathering different plants or checking his stores. It did occur to him that perhaps she did things a little differently so maybe she had her work done for the day. It was something that Emrys would have to ask her about, perhaps there was something he could learn from her. That of course was if she agreed to work with him to help the wolves of White Fir Notch. It made the most sense to him for them to work together and learn from each other.

As the whine escaped her and her glance toward the den Emrys's head tilted slightly as he wondered what that was about. It was made more clear what exactly she was feeling when she finally spoke. Emrys took a moment to sit down beside her, “That's not it at all,” he told her gently, “I don't know if he does or doesn't I can't make any promises either way but I can promise that he hasn't expressed anything of the sort to me.” Emrys could tell that she was upset and he hoped that his words might help her in some way though he hadn't been able to say for certain.

After he had given her a few moments to process what he'd said he spoke once more. “Actually I was thinking that since we are both healers that it would be silly for us to work separately. So I wanted to talk with you about working as a team for the pack that is if you might be up for that?”

When Emrys had decided to take Gent up on his offer he had considered Sylva and what he would need to do in regards to her. Being that she had been with the pack and he was new it only made sense that he work with her. He also felt that it was important to approach her and after seeing the quick change in her after he had explained himself he was glad he had. He didn't know what had happened to make her think she would be asked to leave but he hoped that she wouldn't be. They could make a good team and he wanted the chance to see just how good of a team they could be. The healer smiled when she agreed with him glad that she seemed to be giving it a chance to, “I would love to see it and I'm glad you're giving me this chance Sylva. I think it could be very good for the pack.” As he followed her into the den he did take notice of the limp that she had and made a note to ask her about it but for now he thought it best not to say anything.

Entering the den Emrys could make out the many scents of the herbs that were inside and many of them were familiar to him. Being that it wasn't his own den he was careful and let her lead the way, if she was anything like him she would be particular about her herbs. He expected that most healers were considering how they felt about them. He had always kept his in a particular order and he soon found out she did as well.

As Sylva spoke Emrys could see what Jynx had been talking about when she had described the healer to him. While Jynx had seemed to think Sylva was odd he wasn't sure he could consider her talking to her herbs and placing them according to which ones liked each other was odd. However, her sorting according to condition and what they do was very similar to how he sorted his own herbs. Once she had finished explaining her organization Emrys had something that he wanted to ask her. “It's nice to meet everyone,” he stated speaking to the herbs taking the cue from Sylva before turning to her, “You are very organized but I was hoping you could help me understand how you know which ones like or dislike each other?”

Sylva speaking to the plants and taking into account their feelings was a new concept for Emrys and one that he wasn't opposed to learning more about. The only way he could do that is speak with someone who did and Sylva was the only healer he'd met so far that did. However he wasn't sure how to take the silence that followed his question about it so he waited to see what her response would be. After a few bears she finally did start to explain which was a relief to him because he didn't want to offend her. She was a healer like himself and he felt that they should all be friends and learn from each other to better help the wolves in the Lore.

What she said sounded reasonable to him because he believed that plants in the same area grew next to others they were comfortable with. He nodded in agreement, “That makes sense since they are from two different areas of the Lore, they each have their own habitats that they like,” he said hoping he was understanding her right, “But when you ask them do you hear them talking back?” This was the part he was most curious about because if she did he wanted to know what she heard so maybe he could hear it too. Then she mentioned “Flake”, he was curious about this and why he needed to know about it. He watched as she went to another part of the den before returning with a chunk of dark charcoal, interesting. Once she had set it down Emrys lowered his head to sniff at the charcoal before bringing his gaze back to her. “This is a special find, why do you call it Flake?” He asked curiously.

It was becoming more apparent with every moment why Jynx had expressed uncertainty about Sylva’s abilities but so far what he had seen of the girl he didn't find her incompetent. He still had yet to see her actually heal someone but there was time for that. This Flake though, Emrys wasn't exactly sure especially when it turned out to be a chunk of charcoal that had apparently named himself. This was interesting to say the least, “How did he choose?” Emrys asked curiously but realized how the question might have sounded, “Sorry if that sounded bad I'm just trying to understand. Is his chasing his name like how they,” he gestured to the plants with a paw, “Decide who they want to be near?” There he hoped that sounded better because he didn't want to offend her when they were just starting out.

What he was most curious about was how she knew what they wanted and how she could hear them, he wasn't expecting the answer that he would have to listen carefully. It was somewhat disappointing but maybe it was something she figured out and he would have to too. “Well then maybe the next time I'm out I will have to stop and see if I can hear them but something tells me this requires practice?” It also might be something that was done better in the spring when everything had come back. “I am as well and learning whatever you can teach me. With our combined knowledge I have no doubt it will be good for the pack.” To be honest he was glad this was going so well because he didn't want to be at odds with her.

The conversation however turned from plants and herbs to what she wanted to do in the future. His mouth opened slightly as she explained he was shocked that they seemed to have the same goal in mind, “You are completely right about that and if we can share our knowledge with the other packs and learn whatever they can teach us. It's something that I have been working towards as well. Before I came here I was trying to meet as many healers as possible and I have met a few. Did you have an idea of how you wanted to go about this?” Since she had been the one to bring it up he wanted to hear her thoughts first, it was only fair.