As Harper had arrived from the land, so Hadama arrived from the sea. His approach might have been silent beneath the waves but the small trail of lights in his wake made him anything but stealthy. As he emerged from the waters he pulled along the string of glass buoys filled with Arclight water and the bright, bioluminescent plankton that thrived in the tropical Longheat waters, glowing blue and green as they were jostled by the motion.
With Harper's help the glass globes were set amongst the candles, and Hadama's own offerings of a mother-of-pearl comb and a moonflower that he had carefully cut from where it overhung the water and placed into a jar to transport to Aumakua joined his co-ruler's. Though he wore little aside from his usual adornments, tonight he wore his crown - a circlet of gold embellished with pearls and green sea glass - and the ring Safrin had given him before the War.
He nodded solemnly to Harper in return, his eyes bright and the quiet joy of anticipation lapping gently within the Attuned bond like the waves upon the beach.
With Harper's help the glass globes were set amongst the candles, and Hadama's own offerings of a mother-of-pearl comb and a moonflower that he had carefully cut from where it overhung the water and placed into a jar to transport to Aumakua joined his co-ruler's. Though he wore little aside from his usual adornments, tonight he wore his crown - a circlet of gold embellished with pearls and green sea glass - and the ring Safrin had given him before the War.
He nodded solemnly to Harper in return, his eyes bright and the quiet joy of anticipation lapping gently within the Attuned bond like the waves upon the beach.
