[Perhaps they can bond after all. Intellectual curiosity is a plus. Hakkai smiles, inclines his head to her, and heads out to investigate the garden.
He only recognizes about half of the plants, but, after ten or fifteen minutes of browsing, he's concluded that the ones that aren't culinary are medicinal or unfamiliar. There are even some plants he's only seen in old herbaries, never in person, and a few delicate sprays of ginseng growing on a slope under a quince.
He reaches out to try plucking one of the ripe fruit and is surprised by a twinge from his arm. He glances down at it to find that he's been outside long enough that the bruise is well on the way to dark purple.
Back inside it is, to where the salve is still waiting on the workbench, and to see if Ayumu's still reading.]
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[Perhaps they can bond after all. Intellectual curiosity is a plus. Hakkai smiles, inclines his head to her, and heads out to investigate the garden.
He only recognizes about half of the plants, but, after ten or fifteen minutes of browsing, he's concluded that the ones that aren't culinary are medicinal or unfamiliar. There are even some plants he's only seen in old herbaries, never in person, and a few delicate sprays of ginseng growing on a slope under a quince.
He reaches out to try plucking one of the ripe fruit and is surprised by a twinge from his arm. He glances down at it to find that he's been outside long enough that the bruise is well on the way to dark purple.
Back inside it is, to where the salve is still waiting on the workbench, and to see if Ayumu's still reading.]
You were right. The garden is impressive.