// now I've been crazy, couldn't you tell? //
He summarised it better than she could, and Maea nodded vigorously to assure him that he was spot on. "Yes, exactly. Either a conference or several smaller meetings - whatever feels safest to people." Growing animated as she felt her idea being received, her hands drew patterns in the air as she spoke to clarify even further. "From my experience, the most dangerous thing about the wards is how safe they really are. It's tempting to hide within them and shrug and say that's how it is, what can anyone do. But that kind of complacency... it leads to stagnation. Loss of agency. We'd go from 'can't' to 'won't' to 'who cares' so fast... and in time so many things become lost." In three hundred years, the Grounds had forgotten everything about the outside world. No one came, no one left, and those who tried to find a way out were seen as mad and dangerous. It had taken outside influence in form of Outlanders to see and do what the naturals had given up on - and even then the resistance had been immense.
"I've been thinking that it might be good to stockpile ingredients commonly used in quests, in case they become dangerous to collect. And maybe to gather two-way communication devices - like parchments or mirrors - to make sure the regions don't become isolated from one another. Maybe even portals between the capitols - though that would likely need leadership approval and quests. Just... small things to keep us connected and able to keep planning and fighting back."
Leaving the companions to their antics, she was only vaguely aware of how Shii began selecting mushrooms for Sol to pluck, in some sort of experiment to see if the flash was bigger if the fungi fruits were big too.
"I've been thinking that it might be good to stockpile ingredients commonly used in quests, in case they become dangerous to collect. And maybe to gather two-way communication devices - like parchments or mirrors - to make sure the regions don't become isolated from one another. Maybe even portals between the capitols - though that would likely need leadership approval and quests. Just... small things to keep us connected and able to keep planning and fighting back."
Leaving the companions to their antics, she was only vaguely aware of how Shii began selecting mushrooms for Sol to pluck, in some sort of experiment to see if the flash was bigger if the fungi fruits were big too.
Maea
// I threw stones at the stars but the whole sky fell //
