"Significant" might not be doing it justice. I can't assume that me and my group were the only ones that happened upon the gas that tree was releasing when we arrived – that... miasma.

[ Playing that he isn't a member of that batch of new arrivals seems like an unwise tactic here and he abandons the possibility of engaging in the ruse, instead pinning him with a bright, blue-eyed gaze as he snatches up a canapé. The word "miasma" is punctuated with the distaste it deserves, remembering all too well how it felt choking his lungs. ]

Did you pay attention to your Shard when you were exposed to it? My "thoughts on Zenith" are separate, but I'd consider them less important than the topic you already chose.