[SE] Sun on the Water

”How strange..” Caiside murmured, thinking over all Jigano had said. It wasn’t a true life then, but... ”I wonder what the point of such an enchantment could have been. Perhaps... to get more people immersed in stories?” Caiside laughed, the idea sounding just ridiculous enough to be some kind of truth. ”I hope you’ll let me know if you find a nice one!” Jigano’s question brought another laugh to Caiside lips, this one bright. Caiside was happy both because of the memory and the interest his friend showed in his past. ”I was fond of artistic things, especially as I grew older. Songs, and stories, and crafts.” He smiled wistfully, thinking back on the things he had been brought. Missing this was different than missing his lips of status. It wasn’t sadness over the power he’d lost, but about the people he’d lost. ”They are not the same.” Caiside said with surety, refusing to even consider the idea. ”The first creature came before anything else, before the Mother learned that life needed form, and shape. It is... awe inspiring to behold, but it is not a dragon.” ”Vejkha!” The mention of sunburn had Caiside swearing, and scrambling to cover himself with the robe he’d laid out earlier, a deep frown on his face. ”People do get burned, but I was never one of them.” Of course, he had lost every other divine power he’d had, why would this be any different? ”I did not think my imperviousness to the sun came from my divinity.” He pouted, glad the other man was being calmer than he had. Caiside I have never been allowed to be Holy, I have never been forgiven for Wanting;