Flora had helped to make the Bubblestream that they took to reach the Underwater City, but Hadama had been surprised to learn that she hadn't spent much time there. A tour, he'd proposed with a twinkle in his eye. To see the other half of our people. And what they were working to protect with their most recent regional quest.
The water was chilly but that just meant close-fitting shirts and jackets of fish leather or kelp fiber sweaters were in abundance below the waves. Hadama had brought one of the soft, tightly-knit sweaters for Flora to wear to keep her warm before leading the way through the Stream and down to the City of the Mer. His manta lower half propelled him with a slow, easy strength through the water and his ring left trails of stars in their wake, his co-ruler's hand held firmly in his own to provide a tow. Her own air crystal would keep her safe if they were separated, but the ring was a point of quiet pride with the Tidebreaker, and he appreciated the chance to show it off.
A way for non-Attuned to communicate had not yet been solved, but as a certain octopus mermaid had once pointed out: the importance of body language was not to be underestimated. Even if he couldn't describe the details, Hadama could still point out landmarks of interest among the spiraling buildings of shell and coral and stone as they swam by above the hustle and bustle of the City itself, silently proud to show off his people's artistry and culture to his friend who was also Torchline's queen.
The water was chilly but that just meant close-fitting shirts and jackets of fish leather or kelp fiber sweaters were in abundance below the waves. Hadama had brought one of the soft, tightly-knit sweaters for Flora to wear to keep her warm before leading the way through the Stream and down to the City of the Mer. His manta lower half propelled him with a slow, easy strength through the water and his ring left trails of stars in their wake, his co-ruler's hand held firmly in his own to provide a tow. Her own air crystal would keep her safe if they were separated, but the ring was a point of quiet pride with the Tidebreaker, and he appreciated the chance to show it off.
A way for non-Attuned to communicate had not yet been solved, but as a certain octopus mermaid had once pointed out: the importance of body language was not to be underestimated. Even if he couldn't describe the details, Hadama could still point out landmarks of interest among the spiraling buildings of shell and coral and stone as they swam by above the hustle and bustle of the City itself, silently proud to show off his people's artistry and culture to his friend who was also Torchline's queen.
