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[lunchbreaks]

Hello, um, everyone. This is Aziraphale. I know I haven't met all of you, but I have gotten to know a good number of you as of late, and I've come to like you all a great deal, so it doesn't sit quite right with me not to apologize for recent events.

The sinking of the ferry was inexcusable. Our-- my failure, was a direct result of poor planning and lack of transparency, but I do need all of you to know that the intention had been to find our only way out of Beacon as other methods had been exhausted, and it was always in the plan to make subsequent trips for everyone remaining who wished a return home.

But I know that no amount of good intention will bring it back, nor heal your injuries, nor surface the supplies it was carrying. For all this, I am deeply and terribly sorry; this was, in no way, how I should have repaid all your kindnesses. I understand your anger, and you can direct it at me, if you would like, if you have need of a place to focus your ire.

However, I am afraid, actually, that I must ask a favor. I have, though not for lack of trying, not been able to retrieve much of the sunken raw material - if anyone should lend abilities, magical or otherwise, to help in the rebuilding of the ferry or the docks, you will have my deepest gratitude, for whatever that is worth.

I will try to assist with this as much as I possibly can, and otherwise will be available to assist those who require healing, though my ability to do so has been stunted.

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[sunborne]

[ daylight nods in agreement and remembers that, hey, dummy, he can't see you- ]

Yeah! I knew a few of them well enough I think they would be fine with speaking to me.

[ he's done his best to be friendly with the spirits during his time here in beacon, hoping to build trust or, at the very least, a rapport with some of them. fingers crossed that this has been enough that he can speak with them and learns about the things he's promised to ask the others. so to check on: food, medicine, new places, and so on.

but now onto the very important bit mentioned in this conversation: ] You can identify the plants here? Really? So you have, um, knowledge of flora then?

[ garden buddy??? ]

[lunchbreaks]

Well, I have a general knowledge of flora. And I've been reading the books!

And they're very similar to ones back on my planet, if not identical...

At least, I hope they are. They certainly look it.

[ Not that he was a very good gardener to begin with, but at least he kept his plants alive. That was the important part, wasn't it?

That, and he hadn't killed anyone via poison yet. But he also had plenty of help on his side. ]

[sunborne]

... There are books we can read about the plantlife here?

[ when he says that, daylight now feels very silly.

of course, he thinks to himself, that there would be books about the plantlife. he lives at the village and has heard about the library and its strange contents. it would make sense that it would have some documentation about its own world.

after he gets over his flusteredness, daylight naturally has a question: ] ... Do you think I can borrow them? The books, I mean, if you get around to finishing them.

[lunchbreaks]

Ah, yes! They should be returned to the library now, unless Quentin has them. But I think not, probably, he's also a quick reader.

I could show you where they are, if you'd like?

[ Unless the Librarian has eaten more books. Aziraphale keeps trying to feed him snacks instead but sometimes he gets peckish... ]

[sunborne]

[ let the librarian have their snacks of choice, even if it makes the gardening in daylight sad. ]

That'd be great! I would love to see what information they have about the world here. It's been pretty interesting because-

[ suddenly, daylight stops. as if something occurred to him just now. ] Oh man- Sorry! I gotta go in a bit to help someone out. I totally forgot about it and it just came just now and oh man I think I'm running late no wait I am running late and-

[ breath, day. ]

B-But yeah! It was super nice chatting with you. I'm glad you're doing better and I'd like to hang out more with you soon.

[lunchbreaks]

Ye-- yes, Daylight. I won't keep you any longer. Good luck, my dear boy.

[ What a confusing exit, but he tries not to take it personally, a lot has happened today. He very easily could have forgotten. ]