[SEASONAL EVENT] dressed for springtime

"Yeah," Vai agreed quietly with him, smiling and nodding. "I suppose you do have to be... Although, I met a woman a little while ago, Maea, who has also found herself... well. Alone with a farm to take care of." She hardly needed to mention any further than that, she thought, for Emmett to put two and two together. Vai shrugged. "Perhaps together the two of you can ease the burden on the other. I know Maea was offering space to plant crops in exchange for work." It was a thought, at least, and whilst Vai knew better than to push too far when the young man beside her looked as though he was holding on by his fingertips, she couldn't not offer advice. Taking a breath and letting it out again, she nodded to the children and the work they had done. "I think they will make fine decorations for Fiat Lux," she said. "Would you all like to come back to the cabin to get that firewood?" vervain I am always on your side