Wisdom at the rivers' crossing

[Huo's neat writing is a bit off today. Just a bit.]

A thousand pardons, Cornucopia-qiánbeì, Pardes-qiánbeì; I fear that I will be absent from work for a few days. I shall return as soon as I am able.

[After a moment:]

A strange question, perhaps, but is anyone aware of a natural source of water in the Sphere? A river, lake or spring of some sort?

-- 火


[OOC: Hebrew-named your other Farm supervisor~ "Pardes" means orchard and is also a key term in Jewish mysticism. What that choice of name says about him I have no idea.]

A thousand pardons for my absence these past few days, Amurui-qiánbeì, and to any other that I may have unwittingly caused concern to. I have not been entirely well, but am recovered, and shall promptly return to my work.

[Just not going to mention the whole overwork thing. Enough people are getting on his case on that already.]

As for the hourglasses, I will say only this: it is doubtful that a force able to generate such a mark, may be confused or diverted from its purpose by the mere removal of that same mark. And I suspect that you shall be very disappointed if, come the end to the waiting, all others marked will receive some heavenly boon while you will have died of self-inflicted neck wounds.

Patience is a virtue.

-- 火