Blood sweat and tears

Maea Big dreamers shoot for open skies She grinned back. Seeing the excitement on the woman's face at the offer made it worth any pangs of grief that talking about her family might have caused, and the offer for the husband to help on the farm was more than welcome. "Thank you, that would be a huge help! It's not a heavy duty farm, we mostly have sheep and fruit trees, but... I'm not really built for the job required." With a rueful grin Maea indicated herself; the short, childlike body, the thin limbs and pale skin that had already begun to flush and burn in the light of a relentless flowerbirth sun. Oh, she could work and did too, but that power and hardiness that was so characteristic for most her colleagues just... did not exist. "I'll mark out the fields I have in mind then, and start preparing. If you could gather a list of what you need and want to grow, maybe we can get this set up before Longheat?"