A Purchase of Fruit

A Purchase of Fruit

Quest giver

Tesleen

Location

Amh Araeng (X:28.9, Y:27.3)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

70

Experience

 216,000

Gil

 1,445

Previous quest

Culling Their Ranks

Next quest

The Time Left to Us

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 551 / 953 (57.8%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 10 / 157 (6.4%)

   

“

Tesleen has the air of a woman being pulled in ten directions at once.

— In-game description

Steps

• Tend to Pawnil.
• Tend to Todden.
• Tend to Halric.
• Speak with Tesleen.
• Speak with Rhon Ron.
• Speak with Alisaie.
• Speak with Alisaie.
• Give the nectarine to Tesleen.

Journal

• Tesleen has the air of a woman being pulled in ten directions at once.

Dialogue

Quest Acceptance

Tesleen: I'd love to lay out a welcome meal, but the duties I put off when I went to the market are still waiting for me...
Tesleen: Argh! There are a hundred and one things that need doing! I'm sorry, but would you mind waiting here with Alisaie?
Alisaie: What, and twiddle our thumbs while you work yourself to death? Surely there's something we can help you with?

Tesleen: ...I could do with a hand, it's true. Thank you. You can start by helping me sort out the larder, Alisaie. While we do that, could you tend to a few patients, perhaps? There are three in particular I meant to visit─it's just a matter of saying a few words to them, and seeing that their skin isn't caked in sand.  Their names are Pawnil, Todden, and Halric. They may not give much in the way of a response, but I promise they'll be pleased to meet someone new!

Tend to Pawnil

Pawnil: Th-Thank...you...

Tend to Todden

Todden: ...... 
Todden glances up at you blankly, but you notice the tension in his face ease slightly.

Tend to Halric

Halric remains utterly still as you wipe the sand from his cheek. The texture of his skin has hardened into something akin to plaster...

Speak with Tesleen

Tesleen: You've seen to the patients? How were they?

Tesleen: ...Good. That's good. I knew they would enjoy meeting you. I am concerned about Halric, though... I'll have to speak with the other carers, but I think his time may be near.
Alisaie: We shall leave you to have that discussion, then. I was going to take [Forename] to Mord Souq if you have any errands there that need doing...?
Tesleen: Well, I suppose there is one thing...

Tesleen: Would you pick up a nectarine from the markets, please? Cassard's caravan just passed through, so Rhon Ron should have some fresh fruit.
Alisaie: Come, then, [Forename]─there's something I want you to see. Right after we stop at Rhon Ron's stall, of course.

Speak with Rhon Ron

Rhon Ron: Oho, back again, are you? You need another taste of Rhon Ron's wares?
Alisaie: Actually, we're looking to buy a nectarine. Do you have any in stock?
Rhon Ron: Oh, yes! Nectarines, peaches, grapes! Fresh and juicy! Hm... Given how richly you cracked your coinpurse with me, I might still owe you food... Here, take this one! Free of charge!
Alisaie: Gods, I've never seen a Mord merchant give away something for nothing before. How much coin did you spend here...?
Alisaie: Oh yes, I'll take a jar of honeyed worms as well. Hm? Oh no! They're not for me! It's...an offering of sorts. 
Alisaie: ...Ahem, the worms, if you please?
Rhon Ron: Only the best wrigglers for you! Come again, my friends!
Alisaie: Right, that's our shopping chores taken care of. Let's head up past the aetheryte to the main tower─the view I want to show you can only be seen from its very top.

Mord Souq Guard: <yawn> You need something?

Speak with Alisaie

Alisaie: Here are your precious worms. That buys us a trip to the top of the tower, does it not?
Mord Souq Guard: <gasp> Glazed Wrigglers! You actually brought them! I really shouldn't let you, but...just this once, all right? Only once!
Alisaie: Never fails. Shall we?

Alisaie: Look, over there─where the wall is broken. Do you see what lies beyond? That's what the land became after the Light flooded in. An empty white nothingness. Life cannot exist in such conditions. The primordial Light would wreak havoc on the body's aetheric balance. 
Alisaie: That nectarine you bought...it's Halric's favorite fruit.  Most of the patients, Halric included, survived the attacks of powerful eaters. But their fate was sealed all the same. The monsters' corruption has entered their bodies, and their very essence is being subsumed by Light. The twisted state of the world itself just makes matters worse. Under normal circumstances, a person's aether naturally tends to equilibrium, but for these poor souls, the opposite is true. Sooner or later, every single one of them will turn.
(Alisaie looks down)
Alisaie: Tesleen and the patients, they all know this. They know what has to be done before the change goes too far─before the eater within takes over. The preferred method is mixing poison into their favorite food. In my time here, I've borne witness to a lot of last meals.  I feel just as helpless as before. No matter how hard I fight, it's never enough.

Alisaie: But it's a war I mean to wage, nonetheless. ...Speaking of wars, do you remember how I made you promise not to leave me, and then promptly collapsed? Well, let's just say I had a few choice words for the Exarch concerning the timing of his summons...
Alisaie: But even if the fault lay with someone else, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd abandoned you on the battlefield. So I swore that I'd make up for my absence there by making a difference here. And that's what keeps me moving forward...even when things seem hopeless. On which note, it's time we headed back. The longer we keep Tesleen waiting, the harder this will be for her...

Speak with Alisaie

Alisaie: I'm glad I was able to show you that. When it comes to understanding the catastrophe which befell the First, one glimpse of the empty wasteland beyond the wall is worth more than an hour of Urianger's lecturing. And I needed you to know beyond a doubt that Tesleen has no other choice. The nectarine will be a kindness.  It isn't just the threat posed to others... When a person becomes an eater, the pain appears to be excruciating. The carers are truly fond of their wards, and would spare them that suffering. It is their way of fighting back against a fate worse than death.

Alisaie: Go ahead. I think she's been waiting for us.

Give the nectarine to Tesleen

Tesleen: You're back. I hope you had a nice time. Did you...manage to find a nectarine?

Tesleen: Thank you. Alisaie's explained why I wanted this, has she? I can see it in your eyes. But we may not need it just yet. I spoke with the others, and we've decided to keep an eye on Halric for now. Thanks to you, though, if his time does come suddenly, we'll be ready to send him on his way with a taste of happier days...