From the Rainbow Road shrine to the Northaven, Hadama had swam the distance slowly with his precious cargo held close. The journey gave him time to acknowledge his grief in the sacrifice of Ray's wand, and to recompose himself before he arrived at his destination. A short time later, his head broke the water near the flowering houseboat, more steel than silver under the Flowerbirth clouds that promised more rain soon.
"Remi? Ronin? Are you home?" He raised his rumbling voice from its usual quiet levels in order to be heard inside the boat. "I have brought a... gift." Uncertain whether he could speak freely, he left his initial words vague in case the husbands were not, in fact, in residence at the moment. But while he waited he swam closer to the houseboat's edge so that they would not need to yell their conversation, and so that he could more easily deliver his promised corsage.
"Remi? Ronin? Are you home?" He raised his rumbling voice from its usual quiet levels in order to be heard inside the boat. "I have brought a... gift." Uncertain whether he could speak freely, he left his initial words vague in case the husbands were not, in fact, in residence at the moment. But while he waited he swam closer to the houseboat's edge so that they would not need to yell their conversation, and so that he could more easily deliver his promised corsage.
