"Hm? Oh, possibly. Mountain soil is difficult to work with sometimes. Only hearty plants thrive in it. Those used to hardship and struggle." She stood up, brushing the dirt off her fingers against her thigh. Little dark crescents remained under her nails, though she hardly noticed.

"The gardeners here have done a good job in tending this place. it should be easy to make the rarer seeds I have bloom."

She smiled slightly towards Inessa, quite pleased with her first observations of the garden as she again looked around. That it was decorated with Chantry symbols was only a minor annoyance. The well caught her attention, and she pointed with her chin towards it. "Do you know if that is the main water source of this place?"