[ she'll start work on those next, without argument. embarrassment and worry and maybe the vestigial haunting of her conversation with Wei Wuxian have made her agreeable ]
I did just throw you into the water. Accidentally, but even so.
[Watches her work again, until his eyes drift over and away to the surfboards lined up against the wall. Such bright colors, summer-like. The conversation officially skews casual.]
Next time, we’ll practice farther away from the shoreline.
[Sensory deprivation tank? Those are for scrubs only.
The mental image of her careening into the water for fun is a strange one. Doubly for himself. But Henry reaches out, dislodging a red surfboard on the wall with his powers, letting it fall straight into his hands with noticeable heft.
(Really, he just wanted to pull something heavy down.)
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glances away, tensing her mouth ]
I did not mean it.
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[Even if it’s second nature to dredge up discomfort, like breathing.]
I have thicker skin than you think.
[Now that his ensemble is very mismatched, he dips down to pick up his soggy trousers, holding them out.]
Do these get the magic treatment, too, or are you really going to suffer these swim trunks?
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Does not mean I should go needling at it as I do.
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[Watches her work again, until his eyes drift over and away to the surfboards lined up against the wall. Such bright colors, summer-like. The conversation officially skews casual.]
Next time, we’ll practice farther away from the shoreline.
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[ you know, like a sensory deprivation tank? I'm kidding. ]
... it could be more. enjoyable, hm. Being tossed into water. If weather were better and we both meant for it.
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The mental image of her careening into the water for fun is a strange one. Doubly for himself. But Henry reaches out, dislodging a red surfboard on the wall with his powers, letting it fall straight into his hands with noticeable heft.
(Really, he just wanted to pull something heavy down.)
He quirks a brow at her, though.]
What about one of these?
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I do not know what that is.
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It’s a surfboard. You take it out onto the ocean and use it to ride any waves that come in.
It’s stereotypically a summertime activity.
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[ that's one pant leg mostly-dry ]
I am not sure.
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Not feeling particularly adventurous?
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Call me boring, if you must.
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And yet you’re fine with me flinging you into the ocean a second time for fun.
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[Blithely. But Henry returns to his impromptu changing station, AKA obscuring himself behind more shelving.]
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[ she raises her voice as he walks away from her ]
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Deadpan, yet still light-toned:]
You hate fun.
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Yes, of course I enjoy learning. But I would not say I am fun-loving.
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[Of being thrown into the ocean again on a bright and sunny day. Who's he to judge?
Anyway, pants back on, shoes still squelchy, but he'll have to make do. It's an overall improvement.]
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