[ Himeka takes the offered hand without second thought. Whatever Wanda's plan is, she's willing to go along. Upstream makes sense if the sickness is really spreading with the flow of water, but she has a feeling they both know it's more than that.

Still, streams are important--for the wildlife and for the towns. Natural irrigation feeds the land even in these cooler moons.

Yet the hope she has for their mutual effort dims a bit as Wanda speaks of the Horizon. She nods, having seen a bit of it herself. Geralt's domain has always been wild, but in a way that's unmistakably Geralt. What afflicted his land was not his doing. ]

It could. Or maybe something is affecting the Singularity. Maybe it's us...? And everything we're having to deal with here reflecting back there.

[ But she has to wonder... ]

Did you see something?