[SE] through the night water

i found cynicism, i found criticism
i've been zero to hero & i have been the villain

"Well, that's too easy." Remi replies with an offhanded shrug. "That is like saying you knew we were going to be together from the day we got married, which is sort of the point." Similarly, by the time they'd both said they loved one another in a relationship, things were more or less set in stone. But up until that point? "I still stand by what I said." Remi concludes with a crooked smile before turning his attention back to the water and the predators he hoped it was hiding.

The fact that he and Ronin had gone from casual strolls along the beaches with a simple snack of bread and wine to top off the afternoon to moving in tandem as sea monsters on an errand from his (their) daughter just served how truly strange the trajectory of their lives was.

'Would you like the honour?' Remi asks in a low voice, his eyes having grown quite dark as he marks the movement ahead with predatory accuracy.