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[bearshermark]

[An aggrieved breath brushes through Eleven's crystal. He sounds tired and annoyed in the moment, as though speaking directly to someone of something]

I'm trying to grow things, here.

For Goddess' sake, I only just planted this patch yesterday.

[He sighs, temper easing, though his voice remains underscored by a thread of tension]

..Has anyone found anything about the dark waters? How to remove them or purify them or.. something. I've been working around them much as I can, but something will surely need to be done to clear it up if this village is going to thrive after we've gone.

[He's going to leave one place better than they found it okay.

..Maybe. Hopefully]

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[chosenbylight]

A group of us were asked by the villagers to go into the forest to look into the increasingly aggressive predators nearby. When we did, we discovered some of the animals had... Hybridized, for lack of a better word. It seemed to be an effect of drinking the water itself.

[Can you tell that he is frowning? He is Most Definitely Frowning.]

I am sorry to say that my magic was not strong enough to purify whatever had overcome them. Though once we had blocked the dark water from the pool, they seemed to recover.

[bearshermark]

[He hums, thoughtful and distracted]

So it affects animals, too. [Which likely means it probably isn't a stretch to humans. No touching it, then] It's good to know the effects wear off after the source is removed..

Where was that pool?

[chosenbylight]

Deep in the haunted forest. The Lady's forests, I believe they call them.

[Yes, it bothers Anduin as well. Especially the fact that, just like the ancestors' curses laid upon them, his magic -- the magic of the Light itself -- had not been able to cleanse it.]

We tracked the dark water up the spring through the forest to a small rock font, though I cannot say that was its true origin.

[bearshermark]

Hm. Marcos says it seemed to be coming from a tree. I wonder if it's the roots..? Sounds like we'll need to go back in there..

[chosenbylight]

From a tree, from a spring deep in the forest, inside the wells...

It's all over the village. As though it is coming from the very ground itself.

[bearshermark]

Hm. [He largely suspects tree roots, but even if that's correct, they can't tear up the whole village]

There has to be a source- or more of them.