It was all a shot in the dark, but Alexander, personally, trusted the experience and knowledge of the wise woman over this kid. But with a sigh, he simply shrugged and nodded. "If you insist."
He didn't have to do this, any of it. He could easily refuse. But the girl would probably run off anyway, and as they weren't his prisoners, he would let her. But he didn't feel good about letting her go alone, anyway--she was so strange, she would stick out like a sore thumb and draw suspicion, but if he went with her, he could come up with something. Relatives from the north or some such.
Yeah.
He would figure it out.
Either way, he knew less about herbs than anyone here, so...so be it. If this went wrong, it wasn't on him.
"But," he said, frowning down at Lavi. He hadn't bothered with her before, and had been too occupied with the boy to deal with her anyway, but if they were going outside, they were going to have to take care of a certain problem real quick. "Child, you can't go out like that. Wait here."
Alexander left the room briefly, and returned several minutes later, a small bundle of clothing in his hands. He held one item out to her--a small knit tunic, child-sized. "There. Put that on. It's, well...it never got any use, so I figure..."