His lanterns grew dim in the water and the mermanta closed his eyes, exhaling a soft sigh of tension released and hope unanswered for another year. It was still new to him, this idea that he might get a second chance to say goodbye. As he turned his head and saw the woman and her ghostly partner upon the shore he couldn't help but wonder if he would ever have the chance to right the youthful wrong of missing his first chance with his grandfather...
But if it ever came, it would not be this year. He closed his eyes and drew in a slow, deep breath that filled his chest before letting it out once more. Giving a final look around to those gathered he waited a little while longer before slipping into the black waters and away from the shore, swimming slowly towards the blue and red lanterns he had brought. Gathering them close, he dove down into the inky waters and wrapped his magic around himself, aquaporting home to a night of quiet contemplation of those who had gone ahead of him to Mort's halls.
But if it ever came, it would not be this year. He closed his eyes and drew in a slow, deep breath that filled his chest before letting it out once more. Giving a final look around to those gathered he waited a little while longer before slipping into the black waters and away from the shore, swimming slowly towards the blue and red lanterns he had brought. Gathering them close, he dove down into the inky waters and wrapped his magic around himself, aquaporting home to a night of quiet contemplation of those who had gone ahead of him to Mort's halls.
