Mateo
"I am the best, aren't I," Mateo purrs his agreement, watching over his shoulder as Kai helpfully grabs one of the marked boxes and starts to haul it belowdecks. "And if you cannot be the immunity to certain things when your sister is the Queen of Torchline, what is even the point?" Shrugging theatrically without risking letting go of the memory (snow)globe, he does agree that the other man should have considered adding some, and he might even give it a little experimental shake when Kai isn't looking.
"Mm? I did," he announces, all pride and puffed out cheeks and chest. "Did you think it would have been her charming, murderous ex? Flora only got the Sugartide after they were already over." It's easy tea to spill, and Mateo's got buckets of the stuff if they ever have a quiet night in Wildering House. For now though, Kai is disappearing down the steps and Mateo's mouth falls open in sudden and exaggerated offence. "I am telling her you said that!" he calls.
Only the fact that the crystal is a present that Kai is painstakingly crafting for his sister prevents the botanist from yeeting it at his head upon his return, Mateo instead thrusting it towards him and grabbing up a crate for himself. "You can take all the heaviest ones," he informs him, grinning over his shoulder and starting the slow march back down into the belly of his ship.
~FIN
"Mm? I did," he announces, all pride and puffed out cheeks and chest. "Did you think it would have been her charming, murderous ex? Flora only got the Sugartide after they were already over." It's easy tea to spill, and Mateo's got buckets of the stuff if they ever have a quiet night in Wildering House. For now though, Kai is disappearing down the steps and Mateo's mouth falls open in sudden and exaggerated offence. "I am telling her you said that!" he calls.
Only the fact that the crystal is a present that Kai is painstakingly crafting for his sister prevents the botanist from yeeting it at his head upon his return, Mateo instead thrusting it towards him and grabbing up a crate for himself. "You can take all the heaviest ones," he informs him, grinning over his shoulder and starting the slow march back down into the belly of his ship.
~FIN
i've told you time and time again
i'm not as think as you drunk i am
i'm not as think as you drunk i am
