He picked up a handful of small red berries and placed them in Roxanna's palm. The berries were soft and dark enough that some of their juice had already stained his fingers.
"These should make red," Luan said. "One of the warriors accidentally stepped on a few of them, and the juice stained his foot."
Roxanna squeezed one of the berries between her fingers. Bright red juice immediately came out, leaving a clear stain on her skin.
"This might actually work." Roxanna's eyes brightened as she examined the color. "We'll have to test it first, though. The color might change after it dries."
She placed the berries back into the basket before looking through the other materials. There were yellow flowers, dark purple fruits, several kinds of leaves, pieces of tree bark, and even a few strange roots that Luan had dug out of the ground.
"Let's find more than this," Roxanna said. "Since we're already here, we might as well gather as much as we can."
