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Trust me, I was quite the explorer back in the day.

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Tektite is a veteran Hearthian that is on charge of firewatch on Timber Hearth. They use a static Scout Launcher in the village to inspect the surface of the planet and react in case of a fire. They can be found inspecting the Youngbark Crater after detecting smoke coming from it. There they found a Dark Bramble seed that had just crashed into the crater, they plan on getting the help of tree keepers to get rid of it before its roots are too deep.

Dialogue

Initial Conversation

Before going to space

• "Heyo, hatchling! Thought you were taking that tin can of yours into space today — what’re you still doing here?
  Me? I saw something crash over the horizon and didn’t like what I was seeing in the pictures my Little Scout was sending back, so I thought I’d come over here myself and take a look."
  • >So what crashed?
    • "I dunno what it is, exactly. Looks like some kind of plant seed, but it’s not anything I’ve seen on Timber Hearth before — and trust me, I was quite the explorer back in the day. D’you think it’s extraterrestrial? It kinda looks like something that might’ve come off of Dark Bramble."
      • Roots
  • >Is that a Dark Bramble seed?
    • "You think so? It’s nothing I’ve ever seen on Timber Hearth before, so you’re probably onto something there."
      • Roots

After going to space

• "You again, eh, hatchling? Thought I heard you lift off earlier. What’re you still doing on Timber Hearth?
  Me? I’m out here to see what it was I saw crash over this way. That, and make sure nothing’s on fire.
  • >So what crashed?
    • "I dunno what it is, exactly. Looks like some kind of plant seed, but it’s not anything I’ve seen on Timber Hearth before — and trust me, I was quite the explorer back in the day.
      D’you think it’s extraterrestrial? It kinda looks like something that might’ve come off of Dark Bramble."
      • Roots
  • >Is that a Dark Bramble seed?
    • "You think so? It’s nothing I’ve ever seen on Timber Hearth before, so you’re probably onto something there."
      • Roots

Roots

• "Whatever it is, it put down roots in a hurry. I don’t like the look of this thing, hatchling, and that’s a fact. Think I’ll set Marl and Hal loose on it. Best get rid of this mess sooner rather than later, and no one can remove an unwanted plant faster than a tree keeper can.
  I’ll have to get a look at what’s inside the seed, first, though. Don’t want to set anybody to hacking up a potentially dangerous plant without a better idea of what’s lurking inside there.
  Tuff can help me haul the old scout launcher over here. Obviously the opening is too small for someone to fit inside, and anyway, I’m not gonna blindly stick my hands into anything that looks as unpleasant as that seed does.
  That’s a good way to lose an arm or two."

Follow-up Conversation

• "Blasted seed did a lot of damage when it crashed. I liked this crater.
  Need something from me, hatchling?"
  • >I threw a Little Scout into the seed.
    • "You did, did you? And you’re telling me it’s bigger on the inside than on the outside?
      Hmph. This is going to be a chore to chop up, and no mistake. Can we even remove a seed that doesn’t have the decency to stay the same size all the way through?
      Maybe I’d better grab an extra axe or three, just in case."
  • >My Signalscope is picking up a harmonica inside the seed.
    • "Inside the seed? Huh. Dunno what to tell you there — the only harmonica player I know is Feldspar, and they disappeared ages ago.
      Listen here, don’t go telling Gneiss about the harmonica music, okay? They’ll never let me get rid of this darn seed if they suspect it has any musical talent."
  • >You’re sure this seed isn’t from Timber Hearth?
    • "Back in my younger days, I explored everywhere there is to go on Timber Hearth and saw everything there is to see, and then some. Trust me, we don’t have anything like this.
      Nah, I reckon this thing’s from Dark Bramble if it’s from anywhere, hatchling."
  • >Nope, I’m good.
    • "Alright then, see you around."

Tektite Written Note

A note by Tektike can be found on the static scout launcher.

"I saw smoke coming from Youngbark Crater up north and figured I should go check it out. You can use the scout launcher, just please don’t break it while I’m gone – Tektite"

Trivia

• Tektite has a prosthetic foot. According to the Protagonist when speaking to Arkose, Tektite lost their foot in an incident involving Ghost Matter.
• Tuff recounts that Tektite, on firewatch at the time, saw something crash outside the village crater earlier, and that Tektite checked it out with the old firewatch scout launcher, saw smoke, and went there to put out any leftover fires. They also mention having once told Tektite "Safety first!" and feel it was rude of Tektite to have laughed for so long.
• Despite Tektite's concerns, the Dark Bramble seed is never able to fully become a threat, as the universe ends before it has time to set its roots.
• As all Hearthians they are named after minerals. Tektites are gravel-sized bodies composed of black, green, brown or grey natural glass formed from terrestrial debris ejected during meteorite impacts.