It was a lot harder than I expected it to be to track down the one that carved the castle of stone. A lot of people knew of him, and many of them had even met the guy before, but in general, he seems to be rather reclusive and spends most of his time underground working on something. A stance I can respect.

Eventually, I did find him. He was busy and I didn't want to disturb him, so I sat and watched him work for a while. I know I don't like being disturbed while working, I can't imagine he does either. I watched as he carved a vertical field of flowers into a wall where three different ore veins intersect. The different colors in the natural rock combined with the skill of the artist created something exquisite. Every single flower was carved out in such detail that were it not for their lack of movement I would struggle to tell them apart from the real deal. It is one of my favorite pieces in these caves.

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When he stopped he stepped back and looked over his own work before sighing and saying 'another failure, what am I doing wrong?' I was worried he was going to smash it but he just sighed again and turned to walk away, finally noticing me.

I told him what I wanted to do and he told me to wait, he wants time to think. And he walked away muttering to himself.

that was only a minute ago, the sun has long set and there are two crimson moons high in the sky. I spent all day looking for and watching the artist work. I didn't even get a straight answer.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.