Looking down at his soaking wet co-ruler smiling so brightly up at him, he was caught by a fresh wave of intense relief. He did not fall back into the water with the same abandon that she did, but he lowered himself with slow care until the water was just below his chin, letting the healing heat soak into muscles that had been wound tighter than steel springs a mere few minutes prior.
'Mmh. They do not realize that they are pushing too hard. That in finding the breaking points of certain hearts, they leave them with nothing left to lose. I do not think they are used to dealing with us. Or beings like us." Like some of the outlanders who had come from so far away, in all their colorful, baffling varieties. Mortals and planet-bound creatures, of light and air and earth and water. But it had worked, seemingly, to keep the Bastion and the White Knight from the fray for a time. Understandably so.
"...I will not mention it to them, then," he agreed thoughtfully. But he did tilt his head in warning. " But if they find out and ask why I did not come to them, I will be honest." AKA be ready to deal with parental fallout, because he was not going to lie to Vi's demigod if they got caught.
But then Flora was being serious and he focused on her words, nodding once in agreement. "She will understand. I cannot keep their messenger from my thoughts, but my heart is open to Safrin. If she wishes to know its origin, she will find it there." He slipped beneath the water and rose again, tilting his head back to let the water sluice back. "I have a... mmh. Spa day planned with Sunjata and Deimos later. But after that, shall we go to Aumakua?"
'Mmh. They do not realize that they are pushing too hard. That in finding the breaking points of certain hearts, they leave them with nothing left to lose. I do not think they are used to dealing with us. Or beings like us." Like some of the outlanders who had come from so far away, in all their colorful, baffling varieties. Mortals and planet-bound creatures, of light and air and earth and water. But it had worked, seemingly, to keep the Bastion and the White Knight from the fray for a time. Understandably so.
"...I will not mention it to them, then," he agreed thoughtfully. But he did tilt his head in warning. " But if they find out and ask why I did not come to them, I will be honest." AKA be ready to deal with parental fallout, because he was not going to lie to Vi's demigod if they got caught.
But then Flora was being serious and he focused on her words, nodding once in agreement. "She will understand. I cannot keep their messenger from my thoughts, but my heart is open to Safrin. If she wishes to know its origin, she will find it there." He slipped beneath the water and rose again, tilting his head back to let the water sluice back. "I have a... mmh. Spa day planned with Sunjata and Deimos later. But after that, shall we go to Aumakua?"
