– What are you doing?
– An amulet from sorbus.

Witch is shy in following his traditions being in front of Marco. He took off the ring presented to him by the cardinal

In order not to taint the others’ belief with his own motherland rituals. Back at home he used to pick up sorbus just before the dark part of the year comes, and made a few threads with its berries, hanging them around the house. The fire of fully riped and filled with sun berries protects from tine folk, illnesses, hunger and bad thoughts. Till the very spring.

Marco sits down next to him, notices the ring, left near the lamp and smiles briefly.

–Tell me what is this for.

Witch’s gaze brightens.