After their last exchange of letters the mermanta wasn't entirely sure he would be welcome at the reopening...
But in truth, without his young friend's express forbiddance, he wouldn't have missed it for the world.
He arrived with his usual lack of fanfare, emerging from the water near the ocean-side of the bar and swimming up quietly. He was content to watch the luminaries of Caido meet and mingle, ignorant of the social riptides that lurked below the surface of so many potential interactions in the main room. A murmured request of one of the guests soon had a pen and piece of paper in his damp hands, and he signed his name to it before it was whisked away to the mysterious jar.
He took his time selecting a drink, and emerald eyes sparkled with amusement as he finally chose a glencairn and took a savoring sip of its contents.
But in truth, without his young friend's express forbiddance, he wouldn't have missed it for the world.
He arrived with his usual lack of fanfare, emerging from the water near the ocean-side of the bar and swimming up quietly. He was content to watch the luminaries of Caido meet and mingle, ignorant of the social riptides that lurked below the surface of so many potential interactions in the main room. A murmured request of one of the guests soon had a pen and piece of paper in his damp hands, and he signed his name to it before it was whisked away to the mysterious jar.
He took his time selecting a drink, and emerald eyes sparkled with amusement as he finally chose a glencairn and took a savoring sip of its contents.
