"Sometimes that period of calm is all you can really hope for. It's better than open conflict," Ronin reasoned, scritching Isuma under the chin before carefully lifting her from his lap to sit her down in the shade, so he could get up as well and stretch his arms and legs. Hiding a smile at the grin he saw flash across the Sage's face, Ronin rolled his shoulders and ruffled his fingers through his hair.
"Different in that they won't all be bound together. More of a sailing route, I think, for smaller boats. Might make getting around Haulani a little quicker," he remarked. "As for the merfolk, I'm afraid I'm only at liberty to discuss rumours. I may have run into one along the docks with my daughter not so long ago. She was curious about humans, so if you're lucky and you hang about there, mayhaps you'll run into her? You didn't hear that from me, though."
"Different in that they won't all be bound together. More of a sailing route, I think, for smaller boats. Might make getting around Haulani a little quicker," he remarked. "As for the merfolk, I'm afraid I'm only at liberty to discuss rumours. I may have run into one along the docks with my daughter not so long ago. She was curious about humans, so if you're lucky and you hang about there, mayhaps you'll run into her? You didn't hear that from me, though."