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❝ You dare to divulge your deepest concerns to him, and his heart swells the more with his love for you. ❞
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Nearly two days have passed since Lo'ak's serendipitous encounter with you. The first day had begun optimistically – he had been excused from tsurak training in favour of him recovering (courtesy of Ao'nung and his big mouth, it was not long before Tonowari had heard of his underwater crisis).
With no obligations for the day and unable to banish you from the chambers of his mind, Lo'ak had been determined to find you, in spite of the very few clues he had to go by. Alas, he had allowed his heart to take precedence over his brain, spending the whole day walking from one end of the village to the other with neither plan nor formula. This resulted, of course, in a fruitless search.
With the next day comes the return of tsurak training. With tsurak training comes Ao'nung, which Lo'ak is beginning to regret more and more as he walks towards the waterfront and sees what – who – is waiting for him.
"Oh nooo man," Lo'ak shakes his head in equal parts disbelief and equal parts fear, braids swinging wildly as he expresses his discontent. "Nah, really cuz?" He directs an accusing glare at the smug Ao'nung. "You're gonna make me deal with her again?" A single one of his blue fingers rises to point aggressively at the threshing figure in the water, powerful wings threatening to spread out and clear the men holding her down – she's been in this position before and she does not like it. Not. One. Bit.
"I nearly died!" Lo'ak has his arms held out in front of him, palms facing upwards as he shows his displeasure physically; not the first time he's used his hands to get a point across to Ao'nung. Thrown into a state of alarm, his eyes dart between his friend, Ao'nung and his foe, Niie.
"Let me teach you something," Ao'nung starts, deep baritone voice affected with a hint of arrogance as he declares, "persistence is the mark of a true Metkayina warrior". He falls silent afterwards, as if waiting for a round of applause that never comes.
"Oh?" Lo'ak fakes a gasp, responding with a sarcastic "Is that why you're trying to kill me again?! It didn't work the first time, huh?", referring to the shaky start to their friendship, "Or the second time either?", referring to just two days ago.
