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[dreamsallotted]

[Seel is standing in what remains of Sorrow's grove. Like others, he's not exactly thrilled with the heat, but he's not unused to it either, having spent years in an inhospitable climate not unlike this one.]

A couple of things. First. I've been working with Elrond on trying to create some sort of irrigation system for the grove here. We obviously can't continue to rely on the gods for assistance. We need to make ourselves as self reliant as possible.

[Personally, Seel would prefer not to rely on anyone.]

Sorrow's death means we have to keep this grove alive. It's an additional source of food we can't afford to lose. To that end, if anyone needs a project, I would appreciate the help. This may not be the most hospitable land but it does offer food and we can make do with it if we use our resources well enough.

[Seel fingered the package of cigarettes he was holding in one hand, he was running low, and had been rationing best he could with the Null situation, and now this.]

Second. I'm running out of cigarettes. I quit once before but with significantly more resources than what we currently have available. If anyone has any tips, I'd love to hear them.

[At the moment, quitting cold turkey was pretty much his only option. It wasn't like nicotine patches grew on trees here.]

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[wormintheglass]

[Bianca smiles her thin cat-smile, and the words which is why you're out here asking for help, of course are unsaid almost loudly enough to hear.]

Of course, dearheart. Do let me know how you get on.

[dreamsallotted]

[Screw you, he didn't need your help. Forget he was asking for it only a few moments ago. He didn't want your help. Now sure how he wanted to respond to that, Seel snarled at her.]

Don't you have something more pressing to do? Like, I don't know, actual work?

[wormintheglass]

[For answer, Bianca picks up her communicator, positioned on a shelf so that she could look at it hands-free, and tilts it to show Seel an enormous white animal pelt and the thin knife she was using to scrape it.]

Oh, never fear, my pet, I can multitask. It would hardly be neighbourly to leave you in need, would it?

[dreamsallotted]

Is there something useful you plan to do with the pelt once your finished tanning it?

[God help you if it was just decoration, Bianca. Not that Seel would have objected, he quite liked the look of it, it was just his style. But, he was also a hypocritical asshole, and currently hated you.]

[wormintheglass]

[Bianca raises an eyebrow.]

I wasn't aware I'd been allotted a supervisor.

[dreamsallotted]

Well if you weren't intending on doing anything useful with it you certainly need one.

[wormintheglass]

What happens, dearest, if my potential fur cloak doesn't meet your definition of useful? Do you perhaps propose to wrestle me for it?

[dreamsallotted]

[Seel stared at her. She was making a fur cloak when there were two suns outside? Maybe she just believed in being prepared if they moved again.]

Don't be stupid, why would I stoop to wrestling it from you?