"Thank you for the safe passage." She said turning and giving the tree a kiss before making her way through the market district to the area where farms would set up stalls to sell their various kinds of produce. Today was her food shopping day and as much as she would love to escape to the forest for the rest of the day this needed to be done. Flora may be a humanoid plant creature and could survive on the sun and water but that was only if she chose to take root as a tree but she felt that there was just too much to see and do to stay stationary her whole life. So here she was picking out the best and healthiest fruits and vegetables. With her affinity for nature she could always tell which those were.
"I wonder if eating this makes me a cannibal?" Flora jokingly said as she inspected a bushel of spinach leaves. She often joked about the fact that she was a vegetarian, well closer to a vegan really. Not that it was by choice of course, she just couldn't ingest anything other than plant life and water. It didn't agree with her system.
While she shopped she would visit a while with each of the vendors as she knew them all personally. Flora worked as a private contractor of sorts. Her ability to make things grow and her connection to nature made her highly sought after. If a farmer was having trouble with their crops they would come to her to see if she could fix them before the King caught word and had their entire crop destroyed. If she couldn't heal the crops she would give them advice on what they should do. Needless to say they all appreciated her work and aside from pay her for her services, would also give her a discount whenever she shopped with them.
Once she had all that she needed Flora made her way back to her house. She lived alone in her two story home seeing as how she had no real family to speak of, the tree that birthed her hand not birthed any others before or since her. Though if she were to come across other Tree Dryads she would refer to them as 'Brother' or 'Sister' and Dryads of a different race were always referred to as 'Cousin'.
After putting away the produce Flora left her house and approached the tree that grew beside it. "Please see me safely to my destination." Flora asked as she gave a curtsy before the tree. Stepping forward she submerged herself into it's trunk and left the hustle and bustle of Home behind her. Today was her birthday and even though leaving home was forbidden every year she would make a trip outside Home's great wall to the willow tree deep in the forest that had granted her life.