He nodded, handing them over. "Windlight is among a special class of plants," he said. "While all plants draw on their environment to grow and thrive, Windlight and similar plants are particularly adept at channeling aether, which they then convert to a particular elemental alignment. As the name implies, Windlight converts the aether it takes in to be Wind aspected."

"This aether is, to some degree, in all parts of the plant, and thus do the leaves sometimes find use in medicinal teas and the like. There was an old woman I knew as a child who swore by a tea containing dried Firelight leaves to get her through the colder moons of the year, for example. But their true value is shown when they are allowed to reach maturity and to blossom, for their buds open to reveal not flowers, but crystals; concentrated shards of magical energy aspected to their own particular element that are useful for any number of things."

"Provided, of course that they are grown in an environment where there is sufficient aether to be had. And tended by one who has sufficient knowledge of botany to see to their needs; they are a plant that tends to need careful cultivation, and while they can grow wild in places that already possess high concentrations of aether in their particular element, they seldom thrive there. Hence why I expect that they will be in good hands with you."