youwonscience: (that it was good)
Cosima Niehaus ([personal profile] youwonscience) wrote in [community profile] faderift 2016-07-23 12:51 pm (UTC)

"Oh awesome." She looks up from where she's already vigorously relocated to wash her hands. "Is it an anti-inflammatory, or does it actually block the..." She trails as she realizes "histamine reaction" is probably not going to be helpful. Rephrasing!

"Does it help with the itch, or does it mainly reduce swelling and redness? I mean, either's great, I've had my world's equivalent before and it's not especially fun to just ride out without help."

At least she hadn't gone so far astray as to pull anything actually toxic. In the name of this woman not thinking she's a total idiot, she adds, "I thought it was starweed. Still getting the hang of plant identification." It would be way easier with a working phone. Or even a field guide rather than notes from the library with her best attempt at sketches.

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