witherings, houses, and dinners

Tighnari held his head in his hands and sighed. Today was not a great day.

"...I'm very sorry," Kaveh apologied. "I wasn't aware that it was a Withering Zone...I would pay an appropriate amount of compensation, but...my client backed out and is refusing to pay me, and I don't have enough money to give you..."

Tighnari ear twitched and he sighed. "You couldn't have known...but now the forest rangers have this mess to clean up. Keeping up with the Witherings was already pretty difficult because we were a little bit short-staffed, and now they have to clean up debris from a withering zone..."

"Tell you what, I'll help you with the Withering Zone as compensation."

"Yeah, no. You'd probably pass out a few seconds after we start. Honestly, why is everyone's first reaction when they hear about the withering is, 'ooh! Let's go experience a near-death situation and come out of it as a hero,' or something like that?"

"Why can you deal with the Witherings, then? Does it require lots of experience or something?"

"Just fighting experience." Tighnari explained, " It's because I have a vision. Without the control of an element, you could enter a coma extremely easily. Walking into a Withering Zone is like-"

"I have a vision!" Kaveh interrupted. He turned to the side and tucked a piece of cloth that was previously covering it behind his vision. He pointed at it and said, "Dendro, see? Can I join you, now?"

OR
My version of what happened in Alhaitham's voice over: About Tighnari
("Apparently, a lot of people think he has a bad temperament, but I don't think they're giving him a fair chance. When Kaveh built a house right over a Withering Zone and created a huge mess, it ended up being a real headache for the Forest Rangers. Even so, this Forest Ranger didn't hold it against Kaveh. He even invited Kaveh to his house for a meal. Hmm, maybe it's good people like him who allow people like Kaveh to survive.")