<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b9/4d2d1e8c4eac65fc29dedecec733004c.jpg)<br/>Quarion Silverbough</div>"I only know what I know," said Quarion with a helpless shrug. "I know winemaking and baking, and how to make cheese, and I know how to coax the magic out of those crafts. Through studying the reactions in wine as it ferments and cheese as it ages, I've learned a thing or two about the way many chemicals react, but I've got a long way to go before I can call myself an alchemist. I've been collecting equipment that I think might be useful for the study of alchemy, too, but the really good tools are expensive." He nodded in approval to the tiefling's suggestion. "If you have an uncle who knows distillation of spirits, then learn that from him. You have to start somewhere, and family is the best place to learn anything."<br/><br/>As Erin worked to free the fox, Quarion looked at the bush, then dug some tools out of his kit. He called Koris and the tiefling over to watch his work if they were interested, and set a small iron cooking pot on the ground, filled with water from his waterskin. He held out his cooking tongs and secured a small leafy branch from the bush, severing it with his dagger, and carefully dropped four of its leaves into the water. A quick incantation and a tap from his tongs made the water start to boil, and it slowly took on the greenish hue of the leaves. "Fancy a cup of tea?" he said to anybody who cared to watch. "Look at that colour, and the way the leaves move on the surface of the water. This bush was imbued with magic. That fox didn't just get tangled up in that bush - it was trapped by magic. Something like the kind of magic the wood elves use - forest magic."<br/><br/>He watched the fox dart away, breathing a sigh of relief that Erin was able to help the poor creature, then raised his eyebrows when it seemed to want Erin to follow it. "I think it wants you to go somewhere, Erin," he said, packing away his tools and standing up. He patted his crossbow. "Do you want me to cover you?" he asked, trying his best to sound like a professional soldier.