The first peaceful day

[Anastasia]

Getting Xandra is easy enough, going to a quiet cliff to work as...

Go ahead and set yourself up.

[Nephrite]

"You may know about it already... or at least have heard in stories." Moore begins as he looks over the fields of greenery below. "But there's a lot of sacred water within the mountain. I was shown a lot of it, leading down deep into where Moradin's dwarves are. The water there helped to show me a pathway... a pathway to myself. It showed me what my true name was, and... in doing so, I think I can find a way to help bolster myself."

A breath in and out. "I don't know what kind of effect it would have in the Beyond, but I'd like to see what kind of effect it has here. I know I'm safe here, but I don't want to do something outrageous, but... at the same time, I feel as if this connection... I feel like it will be easier than some things I've done before." he says.

[Anastasia]

"Congratulations," Xandra says, "I understand, but first: What did you think of your journey amid those waters?"

[Nephrite]

"It..." Moore takes a breath in and out. "It felt like everything was shown to me in perfect clarity. Like... as if everything I've done had led to a moment of complete and total clarity." He says. "A thousand different paths that all ended up crossing in one ephemeral moment."

[Anastasia]

"There are few words for it, but I also inquire about your journey to reach the well," Xandra goes on.

[Nephrite]

"Ah!" Moore nods, and takes out one of the crystals he was allowed to take. "I met a lot of people. I... ah... accidentally found myself at the fountain of youth we have here. The dwarves aren't quite as gruff as you'd expect, either."

A smile after that. "I think the lesson and takeaway I have is that even one stream can intersect in a lot of ways as it goes along."

[Anastasia]

"I've heard it said one can spend a lifetime in those river passages and caves," Xandra says, "Never once will you see the same cavern so long as you don't double back."

[Nephrite]

"I'd like to explore them someday." Moore says. "But... well, I'll have time eventually, I think. There's a lot of lessons in there - I actually came across a skeleton... it had been animated to leave a message. I admit, I wasn't expecting that."

[Anastasia]

"A warning?" Xandra asks, a hint of a smile on her face, "For gold lies there as easily as rain lies on grass."

[Nephrite]

"Yes, I agree. I did collect some while I was there... I'm probably going to donate it somewhere. I haven't really decided, or even checked to see what it was worth." A shrug after that. "It's an interesting... difference? To see gold as just an object, rather than to apply any greed to it."

[Anastasia]

"Gold can be pretty, can be decorative or useful. For most, it's greed and wealth, stained by our own natures," Xandra agrees. "Stained by our desires."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Agreed. Nonetheless... I think I learned a lot from the trip. I admit... I'm still trying to figure out Wood. There's obviously something special about him... maybe I don't need to know what it is." He says with a small shrug and a smile.

[Anastasia]

"He's a good dog." A ghost of a smile is on Xandra's face, gone before you can rightly say you saw it at all. "Who doesn't need a loyal and true friend?"

[Nephrite]

"Yeah, probably His personal dog." Moore says. "All right... I think I'm ready to give this a try."

[Anastasia]

Okay, begin with a Wisdom check.