Some have managed to reach 200 years. Though I'd say 160 to 180 seems a lot more realistic as an average lifespan. She imagined this was one of the reasons people were so allured by the orange grass. Though the effect is much lesser if you don't have your roots in Malta. Outsiders who decide to take cardamine don't get to live that long. I guess it takes a few generations for the full effects of it to work. Eliza shrugged, she was never that much into the science behind cardamine. Being born on Malta made her as indifferent towards the grass as towards oxygen or water. It all seemed natural and boring to her.
