At least they could follow the path left from previous quests for placing the rainbow-hued stones around Haulani. Flora's team had helpfully loaded the stones into a horse-drawn cart so at least the first part of their task would be made a little easier, and Hadama stood by the head of their trusty draught steed, idly scratching its chin as he waited for the rest of his own crew to arrive.
"Melita. Isla. Thank you," he murmured to them both with grateful inclination of his head to the women as they arrived. "It is good to see you again." He clicked his tongue and the horse began to move, pulling the heavy cart as Hadama walked beside it, guiding and setting a slow pace. He spoke as he walked, one hand resting on the horse's shoulder as he occasionally looked back at the volunteers for this particular task. "Isla, have you helped set rocks before?" They had gathered them once, together, in the early days of protecting Torchline. But he did not know if she had ever been on the other side of the quest.
Melita, he knew, had been, and he tilted his head back at her with wry lift to one corner of his mouth, acknowledging the repetition in what they did. "Do you think we should put them beside the previous stones? Or space them out between?"
Round 1: start placing rocks. So many rocks.
"Melita. Isla. Thank you," he murmured to them both with grateful inclination of his head to the women as they arrived. "It is good to see you again." He clicked his tongue and the horse began to move, pulling the heavy cart as Hadama walked beside it, guiding and setting a slow pace. He spoke as he walked, one hand resting on the horse's shoulder as he occasionally looked back at the volunteers for this particular task. "Isla, have you helped set rocks before?" They had gathered them once, together, in the early days of protecting Torchline. But he did not know if she had ever been on the other side of the quest.
Melita, he knew, had been, and he tilted his head back at her with wry lift to one corner of his mouth, acknowledging the repetition in what they did. "Do you think we should put them beside the previous stones? Or space them out between?"
Round 1: start placing rocks. So many rocks.
