2 Bushels

[sailoryup]

[Cambot is panning over the farm area of the nature deck. The entire field is now plowed and even sowed, it looks like! It must have been fairly recent since nothing seems to be sprouting yet. At the edge of the field, Big Macintosh is standing, a watering can in his mouth, watering a plot.

He sets the can aside and sits down, staring at the mound of dirt where the seeds he just watered are. He shifts to get comfortable, prodding it gently with a hoof, then sets his head on his forelegs, still staring at the seeds. He looks a little disappointed...maybe he's not used to it taking this long?]

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[sailoryup]

[Big Mac sighs. Yup...he's getting that impression.]

[wefallinsilence]

[This time the silence is more contemplative. Obviously there has to be some reason Big Mac's still staying here, and he doesn't think it's because waiting for plants to sprout is very enjoyable.]

How long?

[The question could either be how long has Big Mac been waiting, or how long is he used to it taking; Ienzo would be fine with either answer, and so he doesn't clarify.]

[sailoryup]

About a week.

[wefallinsilence]

It's going to take months.

[sailoryup]

[He looks surprised at that. And then disappointed. To be honest, he really wants to keep himself busy with farmwork because it dulls the edge of the homesickness. He misses applebuck season already.]

[wefallinsilence]

[That's an expression that Ienzo knows all too well. He doesn't mind not being at home, but he's always been too curious for his good.]

Time travel?

[sailoryup]

[That just garners a blink. What about it? He'd heard such a thing existed from Twilight but...]

[wefallinsilence]

[Ienzo simply points to where the seeds have been planted by way of answer. If it's going to take time for these to grow, why not find a way to get plants that are already grown?]