In the morning I built a room that I think should contain the poison well enough to keep a small sample of the sand in there. I figured it’s better to have it now just in case. That line of thinking paid off, as, like always, I managed to completely overshoot how long it would actually take me to complete this task.

I got to three and a half seconds of survival time with a combination of brute force and refinement. That was enough to get some sand into the room, with a little bit of practice anyway. I ran through the motions a couple times before I was confident in my ability to pull it off. I will definitely need better puppets when I actually start to clean up the wasteland, assuming I use puppets at all, but it will be a while before that matters.

Next, I need to start experimenting with the sand, try to figure out anything I can about this stuff and if there is anything I can do to destroy the poison. I’ll get started with that after I finish writing.

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Other than that I saw Tiddol’s kids today. Ednar has spent quite a bit of time helping his mother out in the lab, and so he has learned quite a bit about alchemy. His innate skill with plants should definitely help with that. While Umi has been focusing on her study of mana. The item she asked me to make for her has done wonders for her there, though she is looking a bit gaunt as a side effect. I get it, it’s hard to remember to take care of yourself when you are immersed in studying something you’re passionate about.

Umi has also been sparring a lot recently, I got the pleasure of watching her fight a bit today. I might not know much about magic in general, but I do know enough to say that her abilities are amazing for someone her age. And she seems to love it too, much more than Ednar who is a bit of a pacifist.

I hope both of them continue to thrive.