[ Marie is ...warm, not only in body (and truly, Sion is thankful for the close proximity, for he has long since been without a coat!) but in aura, the color and light of a new spring day somehow woven into her mana. He, too, is always grateful for the chance to laugh, to be carefree in the company of friends, and for a moment he finds himself wistful, thinking on an impossibly sleepy-headed man and a peerless beauty worlds away from here. ]
I am well, though it would do no one harm to tarry here for awhile longer. [ And let Tieria sleep soundly, his rest undisturbed by the jostle of being hoisted into the air. And where, at first, Sion might have been inclined to dismiss Setsuna's pervasive silence as a courtesy to his slumbering friend, Sion... sees that nod, however calm it is, and the meaning does not escape him.
Which is why, perhaps, he cannot resist leaning (though he is ever mindful of Marie, hopeful that she might see more of her mana restored with this additional link!) to comb his fingers once-over through the strands of Setsuna's hair, tousling them in a small gesture of thanks and familiarity. Though he hadn't spoken a word, it is as though Setsuna's imparted some great secret upon him, and...!
Fear not, it's (mostly) safe with the Hero King.
And then, then there are biscuits. No sooner than he's straightened himself, someone approaches, and it is (Bernard) a puppy. A puppy (Bernard) who is making a rather questionable offering of something he's dug from the very depths of his pockets, biscuits which seem as though they could very well disintegrate into sand if they were passed between hands.
So, instead of taking one of those, Sion takes (Bernard's) the puppy's arm instead, linking it with his own to form a connection of three again!
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I am well, though it would do no one harm to tarry here for awhile longer. [ And let Tieria sleep soundly, his rest undisturbed by the jostle of being hoisted into the air. And where, at first, Sion might have been inclined to dismiss Setsuna's pervasive silence as a courtesy to his slumbering friend, Sion... sees that nod, however calm it is, and the meaning does not escape him.
Which is why, perhaps, he cannot resist leaning (though he is ever mindful of Marie, hopeful that she might see more of her mana restored with this additional link!) to comb his fingers once-over through the strands of Setsuna's hair, tousling them in a small gesture of thanks and familiarity. Though he hadn't spoken a word, it is as though Setsuna's imparted some great secret upon him, and...!
Fear not, it's (mostly) safe with the Hero King.
And then, then there are biscuits. No sooner than he's straightened himself, someone approaches, and it is (Bernard) a puppy. A puppy (Bernard) who is making a rather questionable offering of something he's dug from the very depths of his pockets, biscuits which seem as though they could very well disintegrate into sand if they were passed between hands.
So, instead of taking one of those, Sion takes (Bernard's) the puppy's arm instead, linking it with his own to form a connection of three again!
There, that's much better than eating, right??? ]