Some tea can be sweet

There had, indeed, been adventures - and misadventures - aplenty in those days when the skyships had been fairly new and their routes far more limited than they were today. Honestly it was a wonder that the courier had survived long enough to get a skyship of his own.

If he hadn't been looking so hard for answers in his teacup he might have seen the mirrored rollercoaster of delight and dismay and rekindled hope that his tablemate was experiencing. Instead he heard only silence until he finally started to sneak a glance up from beneath his dark fall of hair--

Just at Sohalia's happy exclamation. He breathed a sigh of relief that maybe wasn't quite as subtle as he intended, straightening up and relaxing a little - and only a little, because this meant that he'd be getting back in the water sooner rather than later - to return her bright smile with a lopsided grin of his own. "Well, there y'go. I'll trade a skyship tour for some swimmin' lessons. Whenever y'want for the skyship ride-- but we can hold off on swimmin' til it's warmer." The current Deepfrost chill made getting back in the water absolutely horrifying, but Flowerbirth was right around the corner...

And he didn't have much faith at all in Sah being able to teach him anything. Better if he could get at least the basics from someone else first!