Henry didn't look how Arialla had pictured him, either -- though she hadn't really pictured him at all, honestly. Still, a vague sense of surprise accompanied the sight of his human form. She'd thought he'd be ... taller, perhaps.
"Maybe you should learn to look where you're flying," Arialla said, her warm, teasing tone making it clear that she wasn't actually angry -- especially since he'd been so chivalrous as to pick up her dropped items. They might have come back with a little more sand on them, but they were all beach finds; they'd been full of sand anyway. "There's this tree in town that laughs when you touch it -- I've been hearing people say that it likes it when you give it ornaments. So I figured I'd make it one. I've done a lot of beachcombing since I came to Caido -- it's a decent way to find things for trade."
please don't take my sunshine away
