Since Jade's gone back to work, Heine leaves him to it. He stands on the perimeter, staring into the darkness but seeing nothing. He just listens and pays attention to every thrum in the filaments of the ward he'd cast earlier.

Performing wandless, nonverbal, nonphysical magic is a good exercise, even on low-danger beasts. He only knocks them back, not wanting to start an actual fight, just ward them off.

He's only standing on edge when he hears Jade stop cutting the flowers.

"You done?"