He nodded in acknowledgment, if not understanding. Not learning to swim was like not learning to breathe - literally, in the case of some shifts. But he could empathize with the fear of being trapped out of the water and suffocating to death on land. For a human under the water, he could guess it was much the same.
"If you would like to practice, we can swim together," he offered, a glint of mischievous secrets in green eyes. "By Safrin's blessing, no human will drown if they are near me." A gift perhaps more suited to his father or sister; bards and diplomats, both. But as it had been given to him, so he meant to honor it.
And besides, the Underwater Court was in shambles. But that was not something the drylanders needed to concern themselves with.
Mischief faded as he considered Rae's Fingers and tilted his head slightly, a gesture neither yes nor no. "Not since Apopo changed them," he said slowly. "But it has been long enough for the previous denizens to return. Or new ones to have moved in." Nature abhorred a vacuum as much as any dog did, after all.
"If you would like to practice, we can swim together," he offered, a glint of mischievous secrets in green eyes. "By Safrin's blessing, no human will drown if they are near me." A gift perhaps more suited to his father or sister; bards and diplomats, both. But as it had been given to him, so he meant to honor it.
And besides, the Underwater Court was in shambles. But that was not something the drylanders needed to concern themselves with.
Mischief faded as he considered Rae's Fingers and tilted his head slightly, a gesture neither yes nor no. "Not since Apopo changed them," he said slowly. "But it has been long enough for the previous denizens to return. Or new ones to have moved in." Nature abhorred a vacuum as much as any dog did, after all.
