"I suspect it was to see if they could, if they were anything like Even," Lexaeus said, sighing. "As it was, water was limited to relatively small wells; in order to create the gardens as they were, they required more water available. I'm not sure of the methodology."

He hadn't been as interested in that side of gardening; by the time he was born it was just something that was there, though of course one studied it in school. That did raise a question, though. "Was obtaining fresh water a problem at your home?"