"Mmh. First I must learn how to go farther," he admitted, walking beside her down to the beach. "I can only move within a region yet." He could not yet cross Caido in a single bound the way Remi could; a talent he quietly envied. Given the strength of his ability he was not sure that Safrin would grant him the potential to widen its limits, but it would not hurt to ask.
He listened politely as she tried to explain and he quickly realized where the miscommunication had happened. He did not interrupt, however, learning a bit more about her pocket dimension before he spoke again. "I understand now, thank you," he said solemnly, inclining his head in gratitude. "Is that how you move from Aumakua to the mainland?" The lighthouse had been on its own personal island since the War, usually requiring boats or swimming to reach if one could not fly or teleport across the waves to its sparkling shores.
As for her question, a small crinkling at the corners of his eyes hinted at his smile for the star-eyed goddess. "She allowed me to keep my manta and Mer forms," he said first, for those were the most important. "And in exchange for my other shifts she granted me the form of a Hippocampus." And its ability to control and create water. That, at least, had been no hardship to relinquish, for what he gained was worth far more to him. "My other abilities are linked more with the moon and water. Lances of heavy gravity, and healing mist." And the teleportation, but she already knew that.
He listened politely as she tried to explain and he quickly realized where the miscommunication had happened. He did not interrupt, however, learning a bit more about her pocket dimension before he spoke again. "I understand now, thank you," he said solemnly, inclining his head in gratitude. "Is that how you move from Aumakua to the mainland?" The lighthouse had been on its own personal island since the War, usually requiring boats or swimming to reach if one could not fly or teleport across the waves to its sparkling shores.
As for her question, a small crinkling at the corners of his eyes hinted at his smile for the star-eyed goddess. "She allowed me to keep my manta and Mer forms," he said first, for those were the most important. "And in exchange for my other shifts she granted me the form of a Hippocampus." And its ability to control and create water. That, at least, had been no hardship to relinquish, for what he gained was worth far more to him. "My other abilities are linked more with the moon and water. Lances of heavy gravity, and healing mist." And the teleportation, but she already knew that.
