Madness is in the Eye of the Beholder

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She’s also silent, doing something with the roots of her project plants. Or maybe it’s just with the plants in general, given her look of concentration as she does whatever she’s doing. Tetyth hisses something a bit annoyed, and pulls her hands out of the dirt, to pull up the plant. There’s another basket nearby, and she tosses it in there. She’s almost forgotten she’s being watched.

“Yes, good.” She seems to be getting more and more distracted by her project as she’s talking to him. “They should be...ready soon.” Tetyth takes a kneeling position, digging her hands into the dirt to make adjustments.

At the smile she pumps her fists, glad that she managed something that would make him do that. “Yes! Good. When they’re done, you can have some of the best ones!” Every time Peryite visits her little grotto in the Pits, she’s always excited to share. 

“Ah, right! Thank you!” Again she bounces a bit, as she has a tendency to do when she’s excited, smiling happily over the idea. “I’ll keep very good notes, I promise. That way you know exactly what’s going on, okay?”

“I’m not sure?” She hadn’t exactly planned this far ahead, honestly. Her only experiment was to see what they attracted, not to do very much else. Well, now was as good a time as any to ask her dad. “What do you think I should do?”

She gently lifts a plant, inspecting it for flaws. There weren’t any she could see or feel, so she lets go. “It took them a bit to get what I was going for. The other ones were too pale, not bright enough. It was very frustrating.” Humming to herself, she does the same to some other plants. “I used their materials for fertilizer.”

She is organizing, putting her basket up on one of the hanging hooks so its out of the way, and then shuffling through her new projects to set the ones that she likes out. “Dad! It’s ready!” 

That response is exactly what she was used to, so she doesn’t even mind. It’s Peryite showing affection, and she loves it. Beaming, she sprints off to her grotto. Peryite knew where it was, so it’s not like she had to pull him.

Tet bounces up, standing so quickly she stumbles. “Nice! Okay!” She hadn’t forgotten, she’d just been unsure for a moment about him coming back. Despite Peryite being well...Peryite, Tetyth hugged him.

“Of course!” She even bounces a little when she agrees, clearly overwhelmingly excited. “It took a bit, yeah. You should come into my grotto! It’s been a bit. I know its uh, small, for this form.” Tetyth gestures at, well, all of Peryite’s dragon form.

“More nightshades!” Shes very proud of the idea, considering. “Well, remember who I was just talking to you about? He helped me refine my bioluminescent plant idea, mostly by just bouncing it off of him.” Tetyth grinned. “I want to make these glow, and then see if they attract things that can’t recognize that its nightshade.”

“Ah! Nice! I’ll have to check out the fungi in a bit.” She gestures at her deadly nightshade basket. “I have to replant my nightshade garden. Or well, I’m extending it, rather.” A shrug. “Making a trip to the spires isn’t bad, and the fungi is a quick trip.”  

She basically does the same thing back, nudging her head against him. It helps. “Alright. Okay.” And then Tet beams, excitedly. “Oh, right! Has anything new happened here? I know I was away for a bit but tell me, tell me!” She’s always the excited student.

“Here? In the Pits?” Tetyth tilts her head, like a curious cat. “And you’re sure you’ll be watching? Not that I’m nervous or anything...” She may be a little, but its her mind overthinking things as usual.