Chapter 70

When Adel was satisfied that her apprentice could reliably identify all of the herbs the seers used on a regular basis, she allowed Netya to begin running errands for the others. She was still not permitted to take on any of a seer’s duties by herself, but at the very least the new stage of her training kept her outside of Adel’s chamber more often than not.

She continued learning her herbs, moving on to their varied uses along with where and how to gather them, and several times the den mother took her out foraging specifically to search for the plants she had spent the last few weeks learning about.

The rest of her time was spent gathering and preparing things for the other seers when they needed them. Her duties were mainly to the elders, who preferred to stay in their comfortable dwellings within the cave while Netya scurried off to fetch them everything from measures of dried herbs, to warm meals and coals for their fires.

It did not leave her feeling especial