the night is lovely as a rose

”Birds of a feather,” Vai remarks with a crooked smile, giving Zeph a nudge but offering no further information; he is a very good adventuring buddy, and that’s all he needs to know about that. Especially when they’re tripping and stumbling out onto the waves (she is, anyway). With a peal of laughter, she tries to find her balance, though she’s unashamedly clinging to the dockhand until they get a little deeper and the water steadies out. ”It’s... something else,” she says, breathless and excitable and trying to pick up the pace with him, so they can run across the waves instead of just walking - something very predictably Vai. ”Just what I needed after the time we’ve been having.” vervain I am always on your side