[ .. Ah. The repetition of the word does make Ange realise she spoke out loud by accident. Nothing she looks too ashamed of, considering she has a rather impressive pokerface, but she shakes her head a little bit to dismiss the thought.

Not that it's very private, or that she minds explaining, but Ange does know the explanation is bound to go into a whole lot of philosophical mumbo-jumbo, and this is really neither the place nor time for that.

Especially when Ethlyn brings up a good point. ]

When they say 'recover', it almost sounds more like there might be some sort of curse on the land, right? [ Granted, Ange isn't really thinking about this from a war kind of perspective, considering she's never experienced anything like that.. ] But I guess that's not something we can just see by looking at the ground.