Prayer for a cure [SE - OPEN]

BASTIEN i am the remedy to your heart, He heard the approaching footsteps but did not turn around. No reason to be anxious, he told himself. Everyone loved him and he was not one of the Ascended that had spread the Blight. Bastien just worked on making sure his rose was well planted, the soil packed around it so it would not fall. It was hard earth with the cold frost of the season caked on top, and he was grateful he could not feel it properly. The clearing of the throat was indication enough his new companion was not violent, so he turned to see who it was. When he saw his sister-in-law, he smiled. A chance to get to know her better was perfect. "Of course not. I have heard that plants do better when they are together. Much like people, I think." Sitting back, his rose planted, he looked up at the tree before them. It really was magnificent. "So, you come to plant a rose with an Ascended. What do you think of that irony?" He had never really been one for small talk. I am the carbon collected. I am the printed upon your stars.