As Harper had come to know, Hadama's calm stoicism hid a heart of good humor and gentle mischief. And, yes, there was a certain amount of satisfaction in upending assumptions about just how straight-laced and boring their joint rule had been predicted to be. There was no reason they couldn't trade off on more serious improvements to Torchline's infrastructure and protection and those that were more fun and aimed at boosting their people's morale!
Again Harper's logical reasoning matched and expanded on Hadama's intuition, and the mermanta nodded in satisfaction. "Here, then," he agreed, tapping a place a little ways inland from the docks and skyship port, where several canals split off - but not too near. "But we do not need to advertise it too widely," he added, a glint of amusement in his eyes and sparkling through the bond like sunlight off water. "I would prefer our Torchers to have the edge against tourists."
As they began to pack up and set aside the day's work, Hadama swam over to the Healing Fountain to fill a bamboo canister with the blessed water against future need before heading back to the Underwater City to spread the word about the Tumsea Shell collection.
Again Harper's logical reasoning matched and expanded on Hadama's intuition, and the mermanta nodded in satisfaction. "Here, then," he agreed, tapping a place a little ways inland from the docks and skyship port, where several canals split off - but not too near. "But we do not need to advertise it too widely," he added, a glint of amusement in his eyes and sparkling through the bond like sunlight off water. "I would prefer our Torchers to have the edge against tourists."
As they began to pack up and set aside the day's work, Hadama swam over to the Healing Fountain to fill a bamboo canister with the blessed water against future need before heading back to the Underwater City to spread the word about the Tumsea Shell collection.
