"Morning- how is my Ali-girl?" The doctor asked, a small smile smoothing out the wrinkles on his usually serious face. Affection blooms in Alixanna's chest and she crosses the room to plant a quick kiss on her father's cheek.

"It's been weird," The brunette admits as she pulls back and moves to their wood-burning stove. "There was a talking deer in Gareth's garden," she continues conversationally, opening the heavy iron door to the stove and loading more wood to keep the flames going. "And the Ascythenia has been blooming. Guinevere found one on her pillow just this morning. You should have seen her, da. She looked like someone had given her a death sentence,"Alixanna pauses here to prod the logs with a fire poker.

"Apparently Varric has one too," the doctor-in-training wipes her hands on the bottom of her apron, pointedly avoiding eye contact with her father. He's always been good at noticing when she's hiding something, and the medic would really rather not talk about the flower by her door until she could be sure that her mother was out of the house.

Alixanna sets about making tea, humming in approval as Atlas tells her about their house call. The older man begins filling her satchel with the appropriate ointments and medicines, his hands steady as he runs weathered fingers over the various supplies while he debates whether or not his daughter will need them. When he gets to the empty yarrow jar he pauses, before saying, "Seems like we're out of yarrow- remind me to tell Farrest to fetch us some."

"I already told him. Sticklewort too," the girl informs, setting the herbal tea down gently next to her father's elbow, careful not to let any of the mixture slosh over the sides. "Be sure to drink this," Alixanna says firmly, leaving no room for argument in her tone and giving Atlas a meaningful look. She knows the tea probably tastes a lot like old socks and bad eggs, but she also knows his knee has been bothering him, and willowbark is the best thing for joint inflammation. "Aldric is going to stop by later to restock us."