Xas nods, shifting to look the other man head-on and sitting on his own heels. "That's smart," he says. "Hopefully I'm not disturbing anything." He knows how to handle the plant, but he didn't consider anything that might be burrowing in the dirt - but no harm done, yet. He smiles again. "How long have you been here?" he asks; it's nice to meet someone who is just as new as he is, every now and then.
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