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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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[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.