Relieved to see @Soleil take the dunking in good fun, Hadama inclined his head to her in silent apology for Kaiden's rudeness, knowing his subject would not be likely to do so for themselves. "If you want lessons, I will give them," he offered. "You will not drown if you swim with me." His ring, of course, would ensure it, but neither would the mermanta allow a human in his charge to come to harm in the water.
Then the girl and their host were off to fill up on food and drink, and the Tidebreaker turned his full attention back to @Sohalia, dignified in the face of his fellow Mer's antics but his presence in the Attuned Bond already softening to allow a quiet wave of welcoming warmth through. "Yes. Though I have recently lost a dear friend." He dipped his head and drew a slow breath; all the outward expression of grief he would allow himself at such a merry gathering. "And Torchline abides." Not without its dramas and disagreements, as it turned out. But for now, at least, it still stood.
Turning to more cheerful matters, he tilted his head at his young friend with gentle optimism. "Will you visit Torchline more often, as part of this Guild?"
Then the girl and their host were off to fill up on food and drink, and the Tidebreaker turned his full attention back to @Sohalia, dignified in the face of his fellow Mer's antics but his presence in the Attuned Bond already softening to allow a quiet wave of welcoming warmth through. "Yes. Though I have recently lost a dear friend." He dipped his head and drew a slow breath; all the outward expression of grief he would allow himself at such a merry gathering. "And Torchline abides." Not without its dramas and disagreements, as it turned out. But for now, at least, it still stood.
Turning to more cheerful matters, he tilted his head at his young friend with gentle optimism. "Will you visit Torchline more often, as part of this Guild?"
