He might not have been expecting company on his lonely errand, but Hadama didn't seem unhappy to find it. He paused in his collection, turning with care to disturb the glowing water around him as little as possible as he faced the newcomer and nodded a polite welcome.
"I am making sea-lanterns," he rumbled, with a voice like distant summer thunder. "This will be the 'candle'," and he gestured to the glowing surface of the water. "And the cages..." he swam carefully out from the center of the glowing waves before offering the net for her to see.
Or... not see? There was definitely something in there. Several somethings, in fact, but since the glass squids were transparent it was hard to tell where one ended and another began. "How do you celebrate the Festival?" Gentle green eyes watched the younger mermaid curiously as he held his jar high enough out of the water so that the light within couldn't escape.
"I am making sea-lanterns," he rumbled, with a voice like distant summer thunder. "This will be the 'candle'," and he gestured to the glowing surface of the water. "And the cages..." he swam carefully out from the center of the glowing waves before offering the net for her to see.
Or... not see? There was definitely something in there. Several somethings, in fact, but since the glass squids were transparent it was hard to tell where one ended and another began. "How do you celebrate the Festival?" Gentle green eyes watched the younger mermaid curiously as he held his jar high enough out of the water so that the light within couldn't escape.
