Close together and far apart

She shook her head but she did take a step back.
"Hold on. Wait, let me see." She told the companions, they knew her well enough now to know that she would comply eventually, this was the first time she had a good look at this blight.

Her golden eyes scanned the trees, carefully taking in every detail. Places along the bark were grey in patches, like a mold. The black spots on the new leaves looked nearly like rust.

She didn't know a lot about trees. She didn't know a lot about cactus and blights either. Damn. Gaps in her knowledge made her frustrated. Why didn't she know? She clenched her jaw as her eyes roved over the blighted tree above her lover and leader, demanding the trees give her the knowledge to understand already.

"You're not sick yet, are you? Ollie says it's fevers, vomiting trembling, and hallucinations." Her eyes were still glued to the trees above him. If she saw the desperation to protect her in his eyes she didn't know if she could hold herself back.

"Speech"