I think Talus is mad at me.

This morning she asked me what would happen if my parents survived the fire. I responded with ‘I hope the didn’t’, that seemed to tick her off. She ran off before I could explain why I said that. See my mother was no doubt the guardian or lord of her grove, and there is no way it wasn’t completely destroyed. That grove was a huge part of her on many levels if it was suddenly destroyed she would be broken on a fundamental level, if she didn’t kill herself after that it would only be because she lacked the mental faculties to do so. Even if she didn’t kill herself she would rapidly waste away as a result of having no more mana to feed on.

On the other hand, my father was never an optimist, quite the opposite. If he were to come too after the fact and still be alive he would not see either me or my mother and would assume the worst, mana based creatures don’t leave corpses after all. He might not kill himself but he would be flung so far into despair that it would achieve the same result. And everything would be worse if mother survived as well, as he would either watch her commit suicide or waste away and die. Something I doubt he would be able to watch maintain sanity.

So know that when I say I hope my parents died in the fire I don’t mean it out of malice and spite, but rather because I love them and don’t want them to suffer more than necessary. Even when I got a chance to explain that to her I don’t think she listened.

Today a merchant caravan came into the village for a pit stop, though I don’t think they are affiliated with the ones that agreed to sell my stuff.

Unfortunately, they didn’t have much in the way of plants, they had some Astrie and some Whitefoot but that was about it, they said that they did have some Luck Blossom but that all of it disappeared recently, apparently, they were using it as feed. They didn’t even have any mundane plants other than the grasses they used to feed the creatures pulling their carts, a type of beast I believe.

I talked to them for a bit, and they apparently got a lot more business here than they were expecting, enough to consider returning. If they do return it will be in twenty days.

I did end up buying a couple things, though I limited my spending as much as I could. I bought a bit of something they called Ice cream, it was cold and sweet and I liked it. It still pales in comparison to ancient dragon meat, but it was enjoyable.

I shared it with Talus. She warmed up to me a bit after that, but it’s obvious she is still angry about something. She tries to hide it but I know her well enough that I can tell, she never was good at hiding her emotions. The problem is that I have no idea why she is mad, or even if it is me she’s mad at. I tried asking her but that only seemed to tick her off more, that time it was definitely me she was mad at.

I even tried burning my Fate when I asked her about it, all that happened was I found some loose change on the ground.

Other than that not a lot happened.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.