[Unfortunately for Ruca, Zed's close enough that he happens to overhear that failing in attempted optimism. Almost everyone he knows who arrived didn't think the best of the new world, and he doesn't blame them. The sudden plant growths don't help things. The fishman is a prime example of things getting out of hand-- there's vines and leaves growing from his palms and up from around his collar where his gills are hidden underneath. He's pruned them enough that he isn't at risk of choking or losing water, but beyond that he's given up. They're just too quick to regrow and have become too much of a nuisance to waste his energy on. Doesn't mean it's not annoying...but he's not about to make things worse for the other man.]
This will likely pass, if that makes anything better. Things are...chaotic but short-lived here.
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[Unfortunately for Ruca, Zed's close enough that he happens to overhear that failing in attempted optimism. Almost everyone he knows who arrived didn't think the best of the new world, and he doesn't blame them. The sudden plant growths don't help things. The fishman is a prime example of things getting out of hand-- there's vines and leaves growing from his palms and up from around his collar where his gills are hidden underneath. He's pruned them enough that he isn't at risk of choking or losing water, but beyond that he's given up. They're just too quick to regrow and have become too much of a nuisance to waste his energy on. Doesn't mean it's not annoying...but he's not about to make things worse for the other man.]
This will likely pass, if that makes anything better. Things are...chaotic but short-lived here.