i wish plant life would grow all around me

He knew how sad his aunt could get when she didn’t think that he was looking, but something about he and his siblings seemed to make her emotional. Her smile and laugh as they worked together on his garden was lovely though. He preferred to make his family smile rather than frown, especially his aunty who was helping him so much. She continued to teach him, and explained that like him, salt water was poisonous to his plants. He’d need to collect fresh water to give to his new charges.

She explained what to do with the skin and he nodded as he got to the end of the bag and helped to push while his aunt pulled in into place at the corner of the garden. She sent him back for the bowl and he nodded as she questioned if he could handle it. He raced back to the cart and carefully if not awkwardly grabbed the bowl to bring it over to the waterskin.

Iolaire looked a bit more comfortable as he returned to her. He offered up the bowl, hoping she would fill him up to he could offer his plants their first real water in his new garden.