[Yes she does. But she won't push it right now, instead nodding acceptance of his offer. She'll repay him later, if only to keep her own mental scales evenly balanced. She has a feeling that she's going to owe too many people too much after this.
Crouching, she reaches out one hand over the blighted area as though feeling the air currents. Gently, gently, she touches a withered flower and breathes in sharply as its stem snaps abruptly.]
It's too strange to feel from the outside... Stay here.
[Standing, she brushes at the ooze of rotten plant matter on her fingertips and looks out over the patch, steeling herself. And steps into it. A shudder runs through her, but she keeps walking till she's in the center of it next to what had been a young tree, now dry and somehow wilted, twisted. Her hands hover briefly over its surface before pressing onto them. She bows her head, partially shrouding herself with her hair, sagging slightly.]
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Crouching, she reaches out one hand over the blighted area as though feeling the air currents. Gently, gently, she touches a withered flower and breathes in sharply as its stem snaps abruptly.]
It's too strange to feel from the outside... Stay here.
[Standing, she brushes at the ooze of rotten plant matter on her fingertips and looks out over the patch, steeling herself. And steps into it. A shudder runs through her, but she keeps walking till she's in the center of it next to what had been a young tree, now dry and somehow wilted, twisted. Her hands hover briefly over its surface before pressing onto them. She bows her head, partially shrouding herself with her hair, sagging slightly.]