Intimacy had never held much interest for the broad-shouldered former-Mer. Bodies were tools to be used and maintained, and at times they were weapons to be honed and polished, but Hadama preferred to indulge his appreciation of sensuality in good food and drink rather than lustier pursuits.
That, and he was still getting used to the finer points of human(oid) anatomy and how it differed from Mer anatomy. Every day was an education at this point.
One of those lessons was in gravity. Confident in his strength to the point of overconfidence, Hadama was unprepared for the way Koa moved out from beneath the pressure of his hand and knee. There was a moment where time seemed to stop and his serene expression shifted to perplexity. Then he was overbalancing, tilting forward and to the side as the dragoon's revenge brought the Tidebreaker slipping into the water, bruised but wiser than he had been.
"...I do not think either of us won that match," he admitted, shaking the water from his face and pushing himself back up to sit in the water, regarding Koa with a hint of amusement dancing in his emerald eyes. "I will need more practice. But shall we take a break for breakfast first?"
That, and he was still getting used to the finer points of human(oid) anatomy and how it differed from Mer anatomy. Every day was an education at this point.
One of those lessons was in gravity. Confident in his strength to the point of overconfidence, Hadama was unprepared for the way Koa moved out from beneath the pressure of his hand and knee. There was a moment where time seemed to stop and his serene expression shifted to perplexity. Then he was overbalancing, tilting forward and to the side as the dragoon's revenge brought the Tidebreaker slipping into the water, bruised but wiser than he had been.
"...I do not think either of us won that match," he admitted, shaking the water from his face and pushing himself back up to sit in the water, regarding Koa with a hint of amusement dancing in his emerald eyes. "I will need more practice. But shall we take a break for breakfast first?"
