Vyon wasn't exactly sure about the tea but took it from Isabel anyway. He'd never been much of a tea drinker. Actually he hadn't been much of a coffee drinker either. Skating on the streets of New York lent itself to power drinks or water. Vyon drank his tea anyway and gave a hopeful smile to Isabel when she said it would be alright. He would cling to that. It had to be alright.
Isabel's next questions helped take his mind off things and his smile broadened.
"It wasn't that long ago that I was new here too," he explained, "though I wouldn't really say I'd figured out everything about this place. From what I understand Cal is pretty much an angel. They call themselves Anyelos, but beyond that I don't know too much. I guess the stories on earth about angels are related to Cal's people."
"As for the plant, I don't think it has any healing properties, or at least I don't know about them," he looked toward Aunt Jane, "but I guess it's in this shop so it might have some special properties. The plant gives me strength because I'm a Nymph, or rather a Dryad. I'm bonded to the earth and through it the plants and trees. I'm not sure I can truly explain it, I'm really only learning myself. When I first discovered my heritage, when it awakened I guess, I was in New York city. Nymphs and cities don't do too well together, the concrete, the pollution, the industry, it all weakens us, makes us sick. For me the forest is the opposite."
Vyon hoped his explanation was sufficient, hoped that the time spent explaining was enough time to get the ingredients sorted. He was anxious to get going, Aunt Jane's time line meant they would be cutting things very fine.
Vyon picture by me with help from Evie on the nose. Forest background modified from a Leet Software image. Brushes from SS-vector-foliage brush set. Code from Piper's Boutique with help to get it all working from Emma.
OOC: I think Aunt Jane's time of 1 -1.5 days might be too fine. I kind of imagined that Vyon had run from at least a day to get to the portal. It's kind of hard to tell from the map exactly how far it would be from the border of Chandric and the Fae Forest to the portal. It also seems that the closest portal is actually in Sequoia House, but Vyon didn't go that way. On the way back he would consider it but can he actually take non-Nymphs that way?