Disease happens, especially after war. And any young children that had been born or primarily raised inside that done would not have had developed any kind of antibodies to what was outside it.

[He shook his head and sighed.]

It's unfortunate but not terribly surprising. I'm just glad that land, diseased though it is, is alive now and all of the area around Lunare is alive too. That entire elemental had been killed before. I can live with losing a few thousand people that are willing to sacrifice the life of the planet if it restores Verdana... and it did.

[It might sound heartless but it was necessary as far as he was concerned. He just had to keep telling himself it was worth it before he drove himself crazy.]