Equally unaware of both Evie's curiosity and her restraint, Hadama only noticed that she looked away from his gaze. Another he had met on this same shore had done something similar, and the mermanta turned his gaze politely elsewhere in the hopes of easing Evie's discomfort.
"I think I can understand that," he said slowly, brow furrowing slightly in deep thought. "I had heard... it was like a tidepool cut off from the sea." Stagnant, brackish, dying... "Is it healing now?" As new waves could bring fresh life into such a pool.
Her terse answer earned only a curious nod in response, emerald eyes bright with further questions that he held back in respect for her obvious desire to drop the subject--
And then, of course, forgotten entirely by the tumsea's appearance. He didn't notice her hand falling away, and once the magnificent creature was gone and he remembered his companion he had forgotten why his was even outstretched. Letting it fall back into the water he gave a slow, reverent nod. "A tumsea. Rare and very welcome in these waters," he replied, voice hushed still with awe.
"I think I can understand that," he said slowly, brow furrowing slightly in deep thought. "I had heard... it was like a tidepool cut off from the sea." Stagnant, brackish, dying... "Is it healing now?" As new waves could bring fresh life into such a pool.
Her terse answer earned only a curious nod in response, emerald eyes bright with further questions that he held back in respect for her obvious desire to drop the subject--
And then, of course, forgotten entirely by the tumsea's appearance. He didn't notice her hand falling away, and once the magnificent creature was gone and he remembered his companion he had forgotten why his was even outstretched. Letting it fall back into the water he gave a slow, reverent nod. "A tumsea. Rare and very welcome in these waters," he replied, voice hushed still with awe.
