[There's a brush that's more startling because he's not used to bumping up against anyone else's power than anything. The only time...
I hope you've enjoyed the part you've played these last five hundred years.
There are no other entities of Hydro on an equivalent level, and he's never met either his counterparts nor the gods of other elements. The power of Elynas still saturates the water surrounding its body, but Elynas is not alive and intends to stay that way.
The surface ripples.]
I believe that is your question. The hardships I've suffered, especially of late, are not so intense.
[There's a sense that he doesn't usually experience so much contact as she practically attempts to burrow into his robes, but at least for now, Neuvillette does not object. Instead, he guides her towards the bench before dismissing his cane, which vanishes in a thread-thin flicker of blue light.]
I assure you, anything you say will be held in confidence.
[Because that is something that is important, for people who have been through such harsh experiences. They need to know that those words won't be spread or used against them.
Not that he has the reputation with this woman that he does in Fontaine, but nonetheless.]
Also, I believe I still owe you a drying.
[It's not a snap of the fingers, but it feels almost like it - the water jumps a few inches away from Aerith's skin, hair, and clothes all at once, before dropping to pool on the floor in a small cascade. He does not bother to dry himself.]
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I hope you've enjoyed the part you've played these last five hundred years.
There are no other entities of Hydro on an equivalent level, and he's never met either his counterparts nor the gods of other elements. The power of Elynas still saturates the water surrounding its body, but Elynas is not alive and intends to stay that way.
The surface ripples.]
I believe that is your question. The hardships I've suffered, especially of late, are not so intense.
[There's a sense that he doesn't usually experience so much contact as she practically attempts to burrow into his robes, but at least for now, Neuvillette does not object. Instead, he guides her towards the bench before dismissing his cane, which vanishes in a thread-thin flicker of blue light.]
I assure you, anything you say will be held in confidence.
[Because that is something that is important, for people who have been through such harsh experiences. They need to know that those words won't be spread or used against them.
Not that he has the reputation with this woman that he does in Fontaine, but nonetheless.]
Also, I believe I still owe you a drying.
[It's not a snap of the fingers, but it feels almost like it - the water jumps a few inches away from Aerith's skin, hair, and clothes all at once, before dropping to pool on the floor in a small cascade. He does not bother to dry himself.]