lili.

[nonbelligerent]

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[coastal]

[lili may or may not be getting in trouble

she was a little too close to the sand castle and therefore is just running to avoid getting squished when the drawbridge is being lowered!]

Ahh!

[nonbelligerent]

[well then.

shess is running in to pull her out of the way (or outright sweep her off her feet to carry her, if necessary).]

[coastal]

[do i want lili princess carried week 0

no we'll do it later when it bruises her ego worse

but she'll just seem?? very surprised at that???]

Whoa - hey!

[she's still mad about being manhandled but at least they're not squished]

[nonbelligerent]

[he lets go of her once she's out of potential squish zone, though he says nothing. because, you know, he needs his tablet for that but he kind of had his hands full.]

[coastal]

[oh right

well she's just going to immediately regain her personal space boundary and brush herself off, frowning at him]

Y-You didn't have to do that...!

[nonbelligerent]

[taking out his tablet—]

I wasn't sure if you'd make it.

[coastal]

[ . . . . :/ ]

... I would've managed.

[no she wouldn't have

but she'll glance back over to the where the drawbridge fell and just. sigh]

... thank you.

[late canon is the only reason why she can actually get these words out]

[nonbelligerent]

I'm just glad you're unharmed.

[coastal]

Shut up.

[please stop flustering her]

Did you come here to investigate also?

[nonbelligerent]

Of course. Who wouldn't be curious about what's beyond the gate we tried so hard to open?

[coastal]

And I found a book on tunnels, too....

[please stop her]

Fine. Let's go.

[she just assumes he's coming with and unfortunately she doesn't mind it]

[nonbelligerent]

[...

well sure he'll follow her. he's very glad she didn't have time to put that book to use.]

[coastal]

[the game is still early

but as she wanders in and sees all the tide pools and running water, she hums an almost fond note]

... how nostalgic...

[nonbelligerent]

Do you come from a place like this?

[coastal]

Mm, the Water Tribe sits along the coast of my country. I did not often get a chance to be along the beach for leisure reasons but...

[well this is hardly leisure now either

she turns back to him]

Does your land have a coast?

[nonbelligerent]

[... well, that's a complicated question.]

No, though I travelled often.

[coastal]

[tilting her head at that]

Did you enjoy it?

[nonbelligerent]

It's nice to see the world.

[especially when the realm your race got stuck with recently kind of sucks?]

Though sometimes it was on errands, not for enjoyment.

[coastal]

[she nods]

I understand - that's the only reason why I go places, too.

[that's not entirely true, she thinks it's for errands because she takes life too seriously but mostly it's just because she wants to]

What is your line of work?

[nonbelligerent]

[lili, you're asking questions that are very hard to answer.

shess pauses, thinking it over.]

I don't know if I'd call it a line of work. [sura don't have jobs...] I do as my mother asks of me. Sometimes others as well, if it's for a greater benefit.

[coastal]

[lili is asking what comes to mind leave her alone

but they'll keep exploring and lili will occasionally pause to peer into a tide pool]

... oh.

[she can't imagine just doing whatever her father wanted...]

What are you tasked with doing?

[nonbelligerent]

[hmmm.]

If I had to sum it up in general terms, diplomatic affairs?

[not sure how to explain tasks like "calm the most powerful being in the universe so he doesn't blow up a planet in romance-related rage" or "help out a god with his actual heart's desire and not what his actions suggest he wants".]

[coastal]

And not general terms?

[just wondering]

That could mean anything, you know.

[nonbelligerent]

I'm afraid it's difficult to explain. My society is likely very different from yours.

[coastal]

Probably, but if I'm stuck here, I might as well be learning.

[THAT'S HOW SHE'S BEEN TAKING THIS]

So if you don't want to explain, just say so.