Well, that was good. If the plants weren't too far away, she could be fully restocked by nightfall. Usually it took her a week or two to track down a new blisterweed vine. This would save her a lot of time.
He said he studied people, so he was a... what was it? She'd met a man last time she was in Arca, a fancy new type of doctor, said he treated people by talking to them, he called himself a... psychologist, she remembered. And she'd humoured him and laughed about it later. This boy seemed awfully young to be a doctor, and she didn't know what he was doing out here by himself, but it couldn't do any harm to indulge him.
"Ah, people," she smiled. "They funny, funny things. Never do what you expect to. I been around a long time, a lot of people, I learn a few things." She winked, causing the wrinkles on her face to move in odd ways. "I always been better with plants, but what you wanna know, Ulma will tell you!"