Bab 35: Appraisal Skill

Sheila's thin eyebrows furrowed at the woman's unrepenting look. Was she smiling? After being reprimanded?

"Look here, Althea, I know I am overreaching but—"

"I learned new skills." Althea said, cutting off her imminent soliloquy.

"...what?"

The other two stared at her. "I can now look at an object and, if they are not too high a level, I can know their names and their known uses."

Sheila could still remember how Althea could mix antidotes from plants she had obviously just encountered.

With this skill, she didn't have to touch and smell those plants just to check them.

This was what relieved her the most.

"I reckon learning and doing things well here will let us permanently learn new skills."

Sheila couldn't help but cross her arms. "Should I eat that?" She pointed at the hallucinogenic flower, and made a rare joke, implying getting poisoned would gain her skills.

Althea rolled her eyes. "You can try."