[un: sprite bulb] voice;

[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]

[Oh.

It's been awhile since he's heard Archeval's name from anyone unprompted]

..Yes, it was. [Clears his throat] But ah, no, Marcos isn't anything like Arche. He's- he's a kind man.

[unswervingcompanion]

[That clearing of the throat just made him more curious as to what the relationship was. Was it something akin to the Luminary's relationship with the boy Erik? Well it was none of his concern unless it became so.]

A kind man you say? This I must indeed see for myself. When should we be expecting him?

[bearshermark]

I think we should go in two days. I'm showing Xie Yun around the fields today and tomorrow I think I want to test the dark waters a little.

[unswervingcompanion]

[Suspicious knight is suspicious.]

And how precisely do you intend to go about testing them?

[bearshermark]

Attempting to commune with affected plants and subjecting them to holy light.

[He's also thinking about trying to set the water on fire, but the idea would sound pretty stupid out loud]

[unswervingcompanion]

So it is a mere testing of theory and naught else?

[This is him worrying.]

[bearshermark]

What else would it be?

[It's not that bad of an idea, right. right?]

[unswervingcompanion]

I am simply trying to ascertain where that mind of yours is going.

[He's still determined not to let the boy go wander off and do something reckless.]