[ He makes it sound so simple. She blinks at him a moment before laughing softly at herself. ]

Maybe you're right. Thank you for reminding me. I've been so worried about saying the wrong thing or giving offense... This place has some very strange ways of thinking and they seem very firm in their opinions.

But yes, I... Well, I really want to know about this place and how they've come to be this way. How they've survived down here all this time. And the moss... they seem to have a strange reverence for it. I suppose just saying I want to understand them sounds very vague and open, but at the heart of the matter... isn't that why we came here?