Redhawk Caldera you're always talking but you're not playing

Eljay nodded at Wraen's words, happy just to talk about his little girl Weejay for a moment. He frowned and nodded about the garden. After that they'd tried to patch it back up, but then the floods had hit and, well, there wasn't a lot that could be done about it after. Eljay had tried very hard, but in some way, maybe those were the last attempts of him trying to make living in the Copse work; and in some way, the last of his grief seeping away because he'd tried so hard that whatever happened to the garden, it wasn't his fault.

Hopefully she can make one next spring, he ended up saying as a way to revive what he didn't say before. He left it open where that would be. Eljay hoped that it would be here, but he also knew that Maia cared a great deal about her sister, so maybe not.

As Wraen said that Maia was difficult not to like, Eljay chuckled. That much was definitely true. It was surprising that there was such a soft, insecure interior beyond that cheerful and friendly exterior which had nothing to dislike to it. Then again, Eljay had found that the interior also had nothing to dislike to it, so to him, like to Wraen, it was very hard to relate to anyone disliking Maia.

As for Weejay and medicine, Eljay looked uncertain. Not entirely. I mean, she's always shown interest in plants and I've taught her a few things based off that, but she mostly really loves flowers and knowing about flowers, I think. He wasn't sure that she would go into caretaking as hard as Eljay himself had.

After a short moment of silence, Eljay then said, I'm glad Maia has a big sister like you. Eljay thought briefly to his own childhood, which had been hard. He had only had his parents and cousins, but no one else to look up to. His mother'd vanished a few times on trips away and he had hated it, and then there were the times when it was uncertain whether she'd come home at all. He always tried to be the big brother to his siblings that he didn't have, but he knew that he wasn't really big brother material. He paused a moment while he contemplated what else to say without sounding cheesy -- 'you're great' or 'she loves you a lot' seemed too much, and yet also too little -- and eventually he just remained silent and hoped a good follow-up would come to him later.