Dissappointment and guilt for everyone!

I woke up so late that as soon as I did, I realized I was late for my meeting with Ila. I barely had time to eat anything before I was trotting up to get the bone, and running downhill to meet her along the road.
( Running late for a meeting with Ila )

This book is great. Useful. Interesting. And… I’m rapidly beginning to suspect, won’t help me change at all. "Bodily functions" is a very literal thing. If I wanted to slow down my metabolism, or increase my fertility, there’s some interesting ideas here. I’m taxing my knowledge of medicine, from all that the kinfolk taught all those years back, with some of the things here - others seem more mystical in nature, and not really corresponding to any parts of living things that you can cut out. It talks about males and females, their parts, their differences, but so far, I see nothing that would help me with going from one to the other.

( Turtle points out how lonely Silvertip is )

We talked for a bit more, but I wasn’t in the mood anymore. Instead, we pulled out some things to fish with, and kept fishing until it was time to check on Ila. That cheered me up some. Ila made it out, so I came back to the lake and resumed reading the book.

( Samantha intrudes on an Uktena in a foul mood )

( ... and to top it off, getting chided by a bear )

If I'm going to help Fells-the-Wyrm, I'm going to need help. Spirit help. Neryarta is, as always, going to be willing to bring succor (we'll see if he feels that way when he finds out she's part of the tribe that killed off the bear people), but I'll need mystical help. Time to go to the totem to start hunting down spirits that can help me understand the magic she's under.