The abruptness of Jack's arrival and his disdainful opinion of the place might have been more jarring if Hadama wasn't used to Kaiden's similar attitude towards... well. Everything, really. The menus were a boon to Mer ordering unfamiliar drinks, though the mermanta supposed the human regulars had no need of such things. He was grateful for the descriptions, regardless.
Indeed, the server seemed to read the captain's mind as they whisked out the bottle and glass while Hadama studied the human across the bar that separated wet and dry. He had last seen the man in Safrin's dreamscape, though that hadn't really been a time of introductions or paying attention to anyone other than the goddess herself.
His thoughts ran slow and thoroughly through dark waters as he contemplated how best to approach the man, but in the end though he was a king he wasn't much of a politician. Though it pained him to skip the pleasantries, there seemed little point. They each knew who the other was, and they'd technically already met on at least two occasions. He sipped his doctored coffee and then met Jack's eyes squarely. "What is your purpose on the Council?" Simple and to the point. He knew what Ray did, and he knew more or less what Harper's purpose was, but Jack was a stranger and Hadama was curious to hear what the man did for Torchline from his own lips.
Indeed, the server seemed to read the captain's mind as they whisked out the bottle and glass while Hadama studied the human across the bar that separated wet and dry. He had last seen the man in Safrin's dreamscape, though that hadn't really been a time of introductions or paying attention to anyone other than the goddess herself.
His thoughts ran slow and thoroughly through dark waters as he contemplated how best to approach the man, but in the end though he was a king he wasn't much of a politician. Though it pained him to skip the pleasantries, there seemed little point. They each knew who the other was, and they'd technically already met on at least two occasions. He sipped his doctored coffee and then met Jack's eyes squarely. "What is your purpose on the Council?" Simple and to the point. He knew what Ray did, and he knew more or less what Harper's purpose was, but Jack was a stranger and Hadama was curious to hear what the man did for Torchline from his own lips.
