Ana returned several days later to find Xasha flinging ingredients into the Mother of Nature Flame like an alchemist feeding his cauldron.
The ingredients sizzled under the carefully controlled heat-releasing fumes, dripping juices, and turned to ashes before being absorbed by the tree leaves. Everything absorbed by the tree was nourished and enhanced as it passed from the crown to the roots, where it was absorbed by a piece of glowing hot molten golden metal.
Xasha stopped after a few hours when all the ingredients floating around him were already absorbed by the fire. She made her way over and took her presented seat on the counter without making a sound.
"I thought you went to cultivate," she heard Xasha's voice.