Hadama mastered his instincts and held himself still as the water rejoined the flow of the Symphony, and only then did he begin to swim again, enough to hold himself in place against the natural current. Sunjata's revelation about the water of the Tears and how their magic was broken if tampered with drew a slow nod of acknowledgment from the mermanta, and a second nod followed the apology and explanation.
"Thank you," he said, accepting it for the honest miscommunication it had been with his expression as stoic and calm as ever. "There was no harm done." Physically, that was true. What the Tidebreaker felt behind that regal facade was, perhaps, another matter, but his pride would recover in time.
He allowed himself a brief submergence, ducking under the water to draw it deep into his gills before rising again and pushing his hair back as he resurfaced. "I will visit again when I have legs," he decided, and perhaps there was a flicker of wry humor in his eyes. "They are strange. But occasionally convenient."
"Thank you," he said, accepting it for the honest miscommunication it had been with his expression as stoic and calm as ever. "There was no harm done." Physically, that was true. What the Tidebreaker felt behind that regal facade was, perhaps, another matter, but his pride would recover in time.
He allowed himself a brief submergence, ducking under the water to draw it deep into his gills before rising again and pushing his hair back as he resurfaced. "I will visit again when I have legs," he decided, and perhaps there was a flicker of wry humor in his eyes. "They are strange. But occasionally convenient."
