His tone, the little crease between his eyebrows, the way he looks up the length of the stalks surrounding them, it's all undisguised skepticism. One rhetorical question down, one statement-as-question coming up:
"You're absolutely certain the accelerated growth you've observed is unrelated to the Blight."
Vascular flora tend to perish when tainted, as far as he knows, but there are those few that survive in spite of it—certain deep mushrooms even seem to thrive upon it. It's worth confirming.
—And it may also be worth simply sitting here for a time in observation of the doctor's mighty struggle. Mere seconds confirm: yes, entirely worth it. Should he offer his knife? Probably. Does he? Not yet, no.
emerges from crypt
His tone, the little crease between his eyebrows, the way he looks up the length of the stalks surrounding them, it's all undisguised skepticism. One rhetorical question down, one statement-as-question coming up:
"You're absolutely certain the accelerated growth you've observed is unrelated to the Blight."
Vascular flora tend to perish when tainted, as far as he knows, but there are those few that survive in spite of it—certain deep mushrooms even seem to thrive upon it. It's worth confirming.
—And it may also be worth simply sitting here for a time in observation of the doctor's mighty struggle. Mere seconds confirm: yes, entirely worth it. Should he offer his knife? Probably. Does he? Not yet, no.