Oh, Ah, Hello Neighbor! [Caro]

To be honest Lelianna was more fascinated than anything. There was a lot she didn't know on cyborgs considering she'd spent the last eight years living only with nature. Even before then she hadn't had much interaction with the more mechanical based side of the population. Now that she had a cyborg neighbor, she figured it might be important for her to learn a few things. In part so she knew how Caroline might operate, and also so she could avoid having any more near heart-attacks in the future. Or at the very least reduce their number somewhat. "I'm like that with food actually." Lelianna said with a bit of a chuckle herself. "All I need is some sun. So I guess I'm...sort of like a plant myself." Which, frankly, just occurred to her. A plant that grows other plants. Did that mean her garden was sort of like her...family?

Now there was a weird thought she shouldn't spend too much time thinking on. At least not right now.

Again Caroline ended up analyzing what Lelianna handed her so closely. This time a little chuckle did manage to leave the magi but she quickly covered it up with a hand and looked away for a second to compose herself. She shouldn't be giggling at the girl for this, really. "Yeah. Some soil can have different properties depending on where you go. Arecia has pretty nice soil for a number of different plants to thrive in. If the soil isn't right for the plant though, I usually make what adjustments I can. But, ah, you don't need to worry about that." Considering the other woman couldn't use magic like the hermit could, she didn't want to confuse her too badly with what all she did.

The look on Caroline's face was what clued Lelianna in that she had a question. "Well...the trick with gardening is that it's a constant endeavor." Lelianna explained patiently as she glanced over towards the fully grown flower she'd created. While she lightly felt one of the petals between her fingers, she continued. "Plants don't simply grow within a day or even a week's time. A lot of them take months, even years to reach their fullest potential." letting go of the flower, Lelianna instead gestured towards the trees surrounding the duo. "Take these trees for instance. Nearly all the trees in the forest are some hundreds, if not even more years old. Gardening takes a lot of time, perseverance, and patience to do. Even for someone like me who, ah, kind of gets to cheat." The magi laughed a little at that before glancing back over at Caroline with a smile.

Before of course realizing she'd kind of gone on a spiel for a second there.

"Oh! Ah, s-sorry kind of got...carried away there." The smile turned a little sheepish as green eyes averted. "Um, to answer your question these would usually take about two years to reach their full growth and bloom just by natural means." The magi explained. Now she definitely couldn't help but giggle. "Like I said: gardening takes time and patience. Also diligence to keep tending to your plants to make sure they're healthy. Once they establish themselves though, they pretty much can take care of themselves at that point. A lot of them can be really really resilient. I mean, I never planted any of these," Again there was a general gesture to the giant wooden sentinels that circled the two, "But they've survived on their own and grown so strong. Nature has a habit of surprising people."

Aww that was a...sweet compliment? Or at least Lelianna knew (or hoped) Caroline meant it kindly. Though her response had seemed to make the other woman a little less sheepish so even if it wasn't exactly a compliment (or at least a typical one) Lelianna was happy it had done that much.

Bless Caroline for being patient with the redhead. However immediately Lelianna felt bad that Caroline seemed to be blaming herself. "Oh! Oh no no no-- you were fine!!!" The magi hastily assured the other woman, grimacing a little at the fact the purplette was taking the blame. "N-No you were...Actually you were ah listening really well for one of my...my little rants." The redhead joked lightly, glancing away. "I just...sometimes I can ramble a bit is all." She could also nervously babble, so there was that too. Mainly because Lelianna had no idea what she was doing in social situations so...yeah.

Lucky for the magi she was spared feeling any more embarrassed by Caroline looking around and making a few observations on the forest around them. Her tone had changed and Lelianna caught it. Despite her little shy spell just a few moments prior, she felt herself smiling again. She was glad the other woman seemed to really be appreciating nature. That was a surefire way to get on the earth magi's good side real fast. "Well, that's why I'd offered to grow out your little flower just a bit. Not all the way, but enough to take some time off before it blooms." Lelianna explained. "It's much easier to see how it's doing when it's sprouted a little already. If it's unhealthy, you can easily tell." Now that was something the magi couldn't actually show the cyborg. Her powers worked to grow plants, but not wither them. "It'll start to droop or brown if it gets particularly bad." Hopefully it wouldn't come to that, but if Caroline was truly as bad as she believed she was then it was very possible.

Still it was a challenge Lelianna was willing to help the other woman through if she'd let her.

"But I know you'll get the hang of it eventually." Lelianna said with a sure look, smile, and a nod. "I mean...It very well could take a few tries but practice makes perfect, right?" Even Lelianna had made mistakes when she first started out. Only with time, dedication (obsession), and some help from the woods itself had she gotten to where she was now. With that being said though she turned back to look at the seed Caroline had planted. "Alrighty then; let's get this little guy transferred. You've got the bowl, right?" As Caroline found the bowl Lelianna shifted her position a little and arranged her hands near the seed. Digging her hands into the ground, she used both her hands and her powers to lift up the section of earth Caroline's tiny little seed had been on. "Heeeeeeeeere we are!" She hummed, placing it carefully into the tiny wooden bowl-structure she'd made earlier. "Now you can take it back to your tent! It's good to start these guys off by themselves and then plant them when they've become more established and grown." Speaking of which...

"Oh, ah, did you want me to grow it out a bit? Or did you want to try starting from scratch completely?" Lelianna asked, glancing up at Caroline's face.

Was she nervous about how much she talked? That was one way to put it. Yet before Lelianna could try to stumble out a response, Caroline was basically reassuring her that she, in fact, enjoyed the hermit's company. She even said the redhead was interesting to listen to! That definitely got a bit of a blush going on the redhead's cheeks, the flowers in her hair shifting a bit to sit more in the warm color spectrum. "Oh ah....T-Thanks. I'm just...I have a habit sometimes of, ah, going off on a subject and sometimes others aren't so, ah...Well, you're the most patient person I've ever met." Though she laughed it was...kind of true. She'd put up with the redhead in her excited, energetic state after all. That took some real perseverance.

Fortunately their return to plant talk helped fabulously to unfluster the girl.

Focusing on transferring the plant did wonders for the magi. She sincerely hoped she would be able to help the purplette grow a plant all on her own. It would be great to help someone else learn how to garden! Caroline certainly seemed like she enjoyed nature. She was living out there in the woods after all. What better way to appreciate it than help it grow further? That was the redhead's philosophy anyways.

So far it had worked, right?

Caroline seemed to have been lost in thought for a second. Lelianna couldn't help but smile a little at that; they were going over the basics so she was probably just repeating things in her head or something. "Alright then!" She had, extending her hand over the seed before lifting it. Once again a sprout of green followed her hand as it lifted, but she did not go so far that blooms formed. Stopping while it was still all green, Lelianna's smile brightened even further. "There we go! Now you'll be able to tell if it's getting unhealthy or not. Just make sure it gets plenty of water and lots of sun." Lelianna said with a nod.

Now...what else was there to do? The hermit glanced around at the available forest ground that she hadn't yet taken over. Then she glanced back to Caroline. "Well um...That's all I really have for now for the basics. But...i-if you want you could help me some with expanding the garden." She offered a bit shyly.