The wind returned, gentle and controlled, and Hadama glanced from one arm to the other as the air moved around him and swirled his hair over his skin. When he looked back to his dance partner she was smiling, her truth and lies indistinguishable when both were delivered with a honeyed voice and deceptive sincerity.
He accepted both statements with equal calm, nodding slightly in acknowledgment. As the vortex expanded to encompass them both he reached out with his own power, drawing a thin stream of water up to follow the wind and spiral along within its embrace, merging his magic with Andromeda's to create a delicate crystalline waterspout with walls like sheets of moving glass. "Indeed," he murmured, considering this most curious courtier thoughtfully. "What kind of secrets do you seek?"
He accepted both statements with equal calm, nodding slightly in acknowledgment. As the vortex expanded to encompass them both he reached out with his own power, drawing a thin stream of water up to follow the wind and spiral along within its embrace, merging his magic with Andromeda's to create a delicate crystalline waterspout with walls like sheets of moving glass. "Indeed," he murmured, considering this most curious courtier thoughtfully. "What kind of secrets do you seek?"
