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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]

As you like. I'll be there within the hour.

[Rather faster than that, but he's not trying to impose]

[balancedwire]

I'll be there.

[ If Eleven gets there before he does, that's fine with him. ]

-> action

[bearshermark]

[Eleven reaches the fields within half the time he'd mentioned, but given the breadth of them, he gets a start on peering over the riot of color for any darkened patches and walking the perimeter with a careful eye]

-> action

[balancedwire]

[ Within the hour. Between being someone that wanders around the world, as well as the station he'd held, he does what he can to be there before the hour is up. Which means that there is still time left, as it were, on the clock.

The fields had not been that hard to find, even if he was getting used to the things around them still. ]

Eleven?

[ It was also, in a way, a point to let the other know he was there. ]

[bearshermark]

[Eleven glances up to spot an unfamiliar face and smiles. He edges around the fields to approach]

You must be Xie Yun?

[balancedwire]

[ He gives the other a smile in return. ]

That would be me. How much have you scouted so far?

[bearshermark]

[He casts about for an estimate]

Nearly half, I would say. So far I haven't been able to see any infection by the dark waters, so that's a good sign..

[balancedwire]

What does the infection normally look like?

[ That way he knows what he's looking for. ]