“Source of chaos, but also a source of change. We’ve been sitting stagnant for years, unable to do anything. One of you, I’m assuming, managed to kill the Pine Devil! It’s been around for years and years, feasting on our community. And that’s just one example.”

Yes, he still sometimes doubts it will all be enough, but still. It all seems to be doing something.

Degas follows Chris’s meandering, reaching out to touch the spine of a book by Yennifer Novach before sighing.