Right now, Lady Aisha, what I am is heartened, free of doubt— [ And perhaps something close to being free, as well. ] —and more content than anyone has a right to be, especially when donning waterlogged clothes.

[ The melancholy is gone from his smile, then, and playfully, he brushes back a strand of the Lady's hair which threatens to fall and cling to her face in its thoroughly saturated state.

Thank you, he needn't say again, for the sentiment somehow resonates through their link of mana exchange. ]

Truly, though, you are most impressive. A wonder, for that to have been your very first spell.

[ A levitation which had taken even his breath away, despite how often he took to the skies with gold gilding his shoulders and wings of light at his back.

Teeeeasing: ] Why, have you been practicing without me all this while?