"I'm glad you realize that, at least. It's easy to blame yourself when things go wrong. Maybe you should start wearing gloves on expeditions? Just so you don't touch anything bad."

He's not sure that would have prevented it, but at least it would be a layer between it on another mission.

He brings up another subject idly. "I've been thinking about picking up one of those quests, actually, so it's good to know what kind of dangers are out there."