It was nearly a month into her pregnancy and so far the outside signs were minimal. If it wasn't for her scent of a pregnant female one could only tell by the slight plumpness of her stomach, more or less covered by her still thick fur from winter just passed. She had been hungry more so now, tearing into the caches of her home with the hopes that her packmates would be there to fill them behind her. They had luck over the winter, having taken down a large bull moose. Things were good now, quiet, more or less which she enjoyed. The woman felt more drawn to quieter places lately and it was unknowingly due to her motherly instincts kicking in when it came to a safe place away from the hustle and bustle for her pups to come.

The sound of a stranger at her border had been most unexpected. Ravenna was near to the stranger because she had been out both strolling to mark her territory and to search for some newly sprouted herbs. Without it being anyone who sounded familiar, none from the Heights of the Scowle, Ravenna crept towards the call slowly. She waited before coming near or announcing herself. Five minutes... Ten... Hoping Sven or one of her guards or scouts would be by first to handle it. Not this time it seemed.

Clearing her thoat, she moved in closer, easing her way through the sparce forestry of her home until she could see the dark woman waiting there. "Hello." She only spoke with a question in her tone as she continued to move closer to the stranger, stopping at a safe and respectable distance. With a sniff, she could not pinpoint a specific pack of any she knew of though she did catch that she, too, was pregnant. It made Ravenna skeptical, hoping she did not come here seeking shelter for herself and her unborn pups.

Ravenna took note of the smile the dark colored stranger offered her upon Ravenna's approach and small introduction of 'Hello' and was about to speak when Adeltra came prancing along from behind her. Ravenna should have expected it, she would have not been at these borders by herself for long, especially now that she was pregnant. Her pregnancy by far did not keep her from being able to fight and rather well at that (if spending much time sparring with @Sven hadn't taught her a thing or two) but that didn't mean any damage to her stomach would not be a risk to the pups. A risk the mother was not willing to take. Ravenna was happy to have Adeltra here at her side and responded to her warm greeting with a waving of her tail so wide that the end of it thumped on Adeltra's back as she sat next to her.

The stranger introduced herself then now that Del was settled, saying her name was Runi and explaining to them she did not come here to try to find shelter for her and her unborn pups. Good. Ravenna would have rather avoided kicking a pregnant woman out to the curb but she would have. With already two women pregnant within the ranks there just was simply no room for any more. "Thank you... And the same goes for you." She spoke as her silver eyes trailed downwards to the woman's middle and then back to her face.

She had been told there was a healer within this pack and had wished to speak to them. An interesting factor which caused Ravenna's ears to perk and her heart to thump in her chest at unexpected happiness and pride. Her mother had gotten visitors like this before. Wolves who knew how great of a medic she was and in her travels, how vast she knew of different herbs and there uses. Not only were other wolves still giving word about Willow Ridge (it had not become invisible after all) they were coming here to seek her, personally. "Oh, I think it's possible..." She spoke with a small smirk. "I am the medic you are looking for.... My name is Ravenna Archer-Lyall. What is it you want to know exactly?"

While Adeltra fell silent to her side Ravenna remained more relaxed with her here as she listened to the stranger explain herself. She knew of two herbs to use and wanted to know more information on them and specifically ones that would help her during her birth while she did it on her own. The words puzzled her, causing a tilt of her skull and a silent ear to fold back. On her own? But why? With a land so teeming with packs it was a wonder why she couldn't find someone willing to take her in. Or, for that matter, why she had decided to breed knowing there risks. That wasn't her call nor her problem, she guessed.  "Some plants haven't yet grown since its still so early in the spring. I can tell you what I know still but it may be hard to determine the plant without seeing it and smelling it first." Of course, Ravenna had herbs she had collected thus far but had no intention of bringing the stranger in her land to see them nor to use her time teaching the woman who had no intention of joining their ranks and offering a favor of her own. Her mind flashed back to Lorcan who had come to their border where both herbs, time and food had been used on him during the dead of winter. But that was different. @Lorcan may have died if it had not been for the Willow Ridge wolves. He had paid them back by the work he had done in the pack though Ravenna still wished the way he had left could have been better.

She takes a breath, turning her focus back to the dark woman at her doorstep. "If you already know what lavender and sweet grass looks like you can start there. You'll find lavender by the Brooks and creeks and the Hush Meadow mostly. It should help you with anxiety and stress you may get. The sweet grass has a sweet smell to it so it's easy to determine. This will help you with bleeding after the pups are born and to expel the afterbirth. When the pups are going to be born soon, I'd start eating this when you come to it and it will help. For both plants you'd eat the stems and leaves." She paused a moment, trying to gauge by the female's expression now much of this she was taking in. A healer wasn't made overnight and self treating without working with the plants before could be dangerous. A risk of she was going to birth her pups alone. "I used to give my former leader roots of wild ginger alot too. To help with her nausea." Her mouth pulled to the side then with a look of uncertainty and question. "Can I ask why you have decided to have your pups alone? It seems...well, extremely risky." Of course the woman was free to do as she pleased but Ravenna didn't know if this woman knew what she was getting herself into. Any risk to Ravenna's pups safety, even if it meant begging to join a pack, would be worth it to protect her pups. Raising pups in a pack always had it's risks... But as a loner? The silver woman couldn't imagine it.