Liora was where I had left her.
Not at the breakfast table, which had been cleared and reset in my absence, but at a smaller table near the window, working with a mortar and pestle on something that smelled medicinal and sharp. She looked up when I came through the door, clocked the state of my arm without comment, and held out her hand for the Silverleaf.
I gave her the plants. She examined each one with the focused attention of someone who actually knew what they were looking at, turning them in the light, checking the leaf margins, setting aside one that had sustained minor damage during harvest and working with the other two.
QUEST COMPLETE: GATHERING HERBS. REWARD: 50 XP GAINED. IMPROVED HEALING SALVE RECEIVED.
The salve materialized in my inventory. I pulled it out and looked at
