the harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun
"I daresay the vast majority of Halo's plantlife would spend its time complaining about the cold if it had a voice. And the bees. We have a notable shortage of bees." He smirks up at her. If Flora spends enough time around Amhran, she'll likely come to learn that he's very much an open book about the things he both does and doesn't know - and he's never known embarrassment to have it. "What would Torchline's have to say, I wonder?""
Raising his eyebrows as her touch grows to something little more than a tickle along his back, Amhran manages to keep himself patrick floating until the point where she's gently helping him back upright. "I guess it's better than sinking," he agrees - and a first step towards swimming is one more than he'd taken before coming here.
Swiping a wet curl out of his face and taking a few deep breaths (it's hot lounging around in a hotspring, who knew), as Flora dances her way back through the steam to the deeper water, he throws her a wry look. "I think I would do a marvellous job of drowning," he says, "but with my height, it might take longer than some people." Nevertheless, he follows like a dutiful student, a hand outreached for hers.
Raising his eyebrows as her touch grows to something little more than a tickle along his back, Amhran manages to keep himself patrick floating until the point where she's gently helping him back upright. "I guess it's better than sinking," he agrees - and a first step towards swimming is one more than he'd taken before coming here.
Swiping a wet curl out of his face and taking a few deep breaths (it's hot lounging around in a hotspring, who knew), as Flora dances her way back through the steam to the deeper water, he throws her a wry look. "I think I would do a marvellous job of drowning," he says, "but with my height, it might take longer than some people." Nevertheless, he follows like a dutiful student, a hand outreached for hers.
