It couldn't be anymore beautiful

Maea

And from the dark

Nodding encouraging as he consolidated an image in his mind for the sword-to-be, she had nothing bad to say about the sentimental nod to his home in the design. "It's not silly at all. I think it will make a beautiful sword, and a dangerous one. Well suited for protecting what is important to you." Holding back an impulse to poke at him again, she dug her chin into the forearm instead. "I do have a small woodcutting axe in my pack, but that probably won't get us very far. So yeah... we'll have to come back another day." Too bad for Liam, who wasn't fond of the heat, and less bad for her who loved it. She was content either way as long as she could spend some time in his company.

With that decided, she pushed herself away from the  edge and eased out into deeper water. "I'm going to swim for a bit. Don't you dare fall asleep - I will not be responsible for the state of your hair when you wake up." Flashing Liam a bright grin, the ancient hurriedly moved out of the way of any watery retaliations and swam off to work out some of the excess energy. No lilies had appeared this time either, but the springs weren't going anywhere. Who knew, next time they passed through, she might even be able to look at the shirtless soldier without going red as a lobster. People could get used to anything... even dangerous stuff like kind and handsome men.

[FIN]

Something new will come on through
and rise again