Her question was tucked away for further consideration while she answered his own, and he listened intently. He couldn't tilt his head while swimming, but he paused when she did and met her gaze beneath the light of stars and a rising moon. "There are times you sound like a follower of Rae and Frey," he said slowly, bemusement in his voice and in the easing of his expression considering Chaele's disinterest in the gods.
"The ocean... is," Hadama spoke slowly, turning around an idea he had never examined before. "It is not one thing. It is many things. Some in harmony, much in opposition." He nodded to Chaele, respectfully disagreeing. "It is not balanced. It is change, always. To serve one aspect is to be in conflict with another. To claim duty to all... is to never act. Or even by inaction to favor one side over another." He began to swim again but backwards and slowly so he could continue speaking with her. "I am not explaining well," he apologized.
"How do you decide when a thing is out of balance? Or encroached on?"
"The ocean... is," Hadama spoke slowly, turning around an idea he had never examined before. "It is not one thing. It is many things. Some in harmony, much in opposition." He nodded to Chaele, respectfully disagreeing. "It is not balanced. It is change, always. To serve one aspect is to be in conflict with another. To claim duty to all... is to never act. Or even by inaction to favor one side over another." He began to swim again but backwards and slowly so he could continue speaking with her. "I am not explaining well," he apologized.
"How do you decide when a thing is out of balance? Or encroached on?"
