Polite Dinner Conversation

[Devon]

Xavier arrived in his home after a rather long day. Since Thelon was sick and Dart had family to take care of, Xavier had taken on many of the responsibilities for himself. This was his first time going to the home he shared with his wife since he had returned from Talen'sul the day before. Being considerate of Luna he had informed her earlier that he would be home this evening. With a sigh he made his way into their living room and fell into his favorite chair with a hmph. Taking a moment to collect himself and not look as tired as he was, he straightened up in his seat and called out to to his wife, "Luna I'm home!"

[Kender Bard]

Luna was quick to greet him. "Xavier," she called out lightly and came to embrace him - and sit on his lap lightly. "You look like death, my love." She took a moment to fuss about him, to rub his head and shower him in soft little kisses. "I'm so glad you're not sick though."

[Devon]

"So am I," Xavier replied with a small smile, enjoying his wife's attention. "It is a shame about Thelon, and Dart though. I wish I would have seen all of this coming."

[Kender Bard]

Luna closed her eyes and lay her head on her husband's shoulder. "I might have," she admitted quietly. "While you were gone I did another divination about..." Her hand went to her stomach. "..why we've been so unlucky. I didn't receive any answer though, at least, not about that. What I did see was the whole of Naruta. Each nation's borders were clearly outlined and within the image of the nation there was what appeared to be a sickly ooze. It was as if the land had pores and from them burst forth a noxious pus. I ran to the library in search of more information but it yielded nothing."

[Devon]

Xavier stroked Luna's hair softly as she told him about the vision she had seen. "So it could be the lands themselves that are sick," he murmured as his mind began to reel over the possibilities from her vision. Xavier smiled and kissed Luna on the forehead. "Whenever I'm stuck I only need to look to you don't I? And about our luck, we will keep trying."

[Kender Bard]

Luna nodded mutely and opted not to talk about their own complications. "I'm sorry I couldn't give you more information. But you're right - it definitely sounds like the sickness is in the ground. That would explain better why it seems so random who falls ill and who doesn't."

[Devon]

"I'll have to have the land surveyed, see if any spot of land looks odd," Xavier said. "It might help to see if Humontis can have miners check their land and see if they find anything." Xavier looked to Luna and shook his head. "I'm sorry, I've been away and now that I'm back all I can talk about is work."

[Kender Bard]

"I did that," Luna admitted. "Not the going out now, but I was checking the history of surveys of the land. It was utterly fruitless. And don't be sorry. I started it."

[Devon]

"Tomorrow I can have someone go out and visibly search for anything out of the norm then," Xavier replied with a small smile on his face. "Can we continue this conversation over dinner? I am a little hungry. If you'd like we could go out somewhere."