"Exactly. Better to work up to a higher dose if it's needed than overdo it," Leon confirms. It's possible, as a police officer, that he should be more leery of the potential misuse of these herbs for their more undesirable effects, but Drelasa's a friend. He trusts her.

"Anyway. I think that's it for these three, which leaves us with what's probably the weirdest one. Here, take it." He holds out the last one - yellow, similarly fernlike to the first, but tacky to the touch and with a more bitter, almost acidic scent.

"Yellow herb doesn't do much of anything on its own. People kinda ignored it for a long while after the others were discovered, actually - but turns out if you mix it in a one to one to one ratio with red and green herb and eat or drink it, it has a powerful stimulating and painkilling effect. Kind of like drinking five cups of coffee or strong tea in a row, but it doesn't make your heart race. I've used it plenty of times to push through tough situations that I wouldn't normally have been able to, and a lot of athletes swear by it in small doses for marathons and stuff."

"The biggest downside is you will absolutely sleep like the dead for about twelve hours after it wears off. Also, it tastes pretty terrible."