Black Morass no light no light

for fuck's sake, he only asked a question. the meaning wasn't if she lived here here. it was this realm. this unknown land. a denizen or something. maybe he could have worded it better but damn. Baelfire's eyes squinted a bit at her seemingly holier-than-thou amusement. people never seemed to understand that an ecosystem flourished whether it was pretty or not. everything had the right to live. 

and it always had an effect on the people living near them.

her words meant nothing to him. Firebirds, some sort of pack he'd avoid. "then why come here?" he'd ask her. if she had a problem with the environment, why even come near it if it was so beneath her... Baelfire had no reason to answer her, so he'd only grunt a reply. "far away." was hopefully good enough for he wasn't going to explain himself further.