”Some enjoy it very much.” Emerald eyes sparkled as he said that. Hadama was certainly one who had developed a taste for dryland spices and baked confections, even if they could only eaten at the water’s surface. ”But I am gathering ingredients from the tide pools today.” He tilted his bag to show Amanda the whelks and mussels and crabs he had been liberating from the tide-covered rocks earlier.
He watched curiously from where he sat in the shallows, long tail curled under him so most of his top half was above the waves to finally get a view of the shield as it was recovered and laid upon the sand. He nodded in understanding of her explanation; there were merfolk who did the same thing beneath the waves as well, and also traded in the human ports if the items they found weren’t of interest in the Underwater City.
When she moved to join him in the surf he uncoiled and shifted closer to see the state of the shield. Watching her try to move the water around with her magic he raised a steely brow, ”Would you like help?” he offered courteously.
He watched curiously from where he sat in the shallows, long tail curled under him so most of his top half was above the waves to finally get a view of the shield as it was recovered and laid upon the sand. He nodded in understanding of her explanation; there were merfolk who did the same thing beneath the waves as well, and also traded in the human ports if the items they found weren’t of interest in the Underwater City.
When she moved to join him in the surf he uncoiled and shifted closer to see the state of the shield. Watching her try to move the water around with her magic he raised a steely brow, ”Would you like help?” he offered courteously.
