I would've assumed Thorne also, but the Free Cities... I know they like to talk to us about how great everything is here compared to everywhere else, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out they've had their own machinations going on this whole time beyond the ones we can see or read about. The way the Fey mentioned it, and with it being after I'd said I was from the Free Cities, certainly sounded like it was all the factions. With all the talk of magic I'd be interested to know what they thought of Solvunn and where it fits into everything.

[ Perhaps Solvunn is an ally when it comes to that topic of magic being woven into the world and as a preference for the Fey. It's easy for Claude to make the assumption that's the case given what he knows from those who live there. It's also easy, possibly far too easy, to wedge these things together to paint a picture which really relies upon what he was told, but that would be rushing without verifying the rest. If his time here has taught him anything, there's so much more going on than there seems to be at any given time.

Which - makes all of this speculation and nothing more. It'll take more visits and more talks to determine where the truth lies, and for now? For now and just as Steve says, they have something much more important in front of them in the form of helping the dragons and their hatchlings, and this fruit is hopefully a good start to that.

Steve's smirk is met with a cheeky wink and a nod. They're well on their way to doing that as greenery continues to bloom around them even with the closer they get to the laboratories rather than being out in the forest. ]

You've got a point there, plus I'm curious to see what our residents experts can do with this fruit. Did you hear it can explode if you mix it the wrong way? And - uh, promise I took that into account while dropping them down from the tree.

[ A little belated reassurance as they walk back, though he's teasing. Mostly. He's pretty sure. Sorry, Steve. ]