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She watched intently as the man discarded his belongs and began to peruse the room. It was with a curious and somewhat self-conscious gaze with which she observed him - arms crossed beneath small breasts in a defensive, closed posture. Not many individuals had been allowed access to this room, and the inhabitants of the Chien Hotel avoided it out of respect to the Apothecary. It truly was a portion of her, stored in brilliance in the strangely neat but feminine clutter of the room.
Color burst from everything - From bottles and plants, broths and shredded materials. The scents, too, were somewhat overwhelming; crushed and dried herbs were stored in little clay pots by the single window. The place smelt strongly of Alaine, just as she did of the place.
But her curiosity had much more to do with Ezekiel's reaction. It was crucial that she monitor him now - Every single expression or inclination he displayed told the colliewoman more of his viability as an apprentice. She had not discussed this secret desire with the man, but kept it carefully inside her mind. Gaze trailed him as he wandered, enthralled, about the long wooden table in the center. In spite of herself, that now-familiar smile curved gently at the corners of her maw to his words. "Some would call it an obsession," She rose as she spoke, feeling a certain degree of pride with the male's awe. Gentle, slender ivory fingers began to peruse the dusty bottles on the wall, turning some of them this way and that so the light hit them differently. "Make no mistake, it is one," The sultry sound of her laughter filled the room, but it was inwardly directed. She had been battling work-a-holic tendencies for years, and this room was the product of a long time of dedication to the craft of healing.
Continuing her gentle administrations with the bottles, the tucked some stray auburn ringlets behind one floppy ear. "Tell me about your teacher, if you would," She was curious to know of this other individual Ezekiel spoke of, and how much he had learned from them.
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