"Yeah thankfully there's nothing sinister behind what happened to the population here," he said. "Not that that makes it any less of a problem to fix though. In fact, two attempts to fix it clashing are why we're here instead of the people who're supposed to be here."

He'd wondered why everything had been something of a wreck when people had returned to Radiant Garden. True, over a decade of neglect explained at least part of it, but not the outright destruction. "You can say her name you know," he said. "Not like she's gonna pop out of the bushes or something if you do."