Beautiful like the Ocean, Dangerous like the Water

Day Off, Part 2

After a long time, you both parted up, feeling better after letting everything out. You decided to stay here, even with the water in front of you, Neuvillette can protect you, he doesn't need to prove it to you, you just know it and you're very confident about this.
You eat together, talking about all and nothing, enjoying the warm weather and each others company.

Until Neuvillette's smile drop.

"I'm sorry Aniès, but we really need to talk."

Your smile drops too.

"I know."

"I have to... no, I need to now, what exactly happened, what to you remember ? Please, start since the beginning of the day you disappeared."

You turn to face the water, you feel a bit better while looking at it, you insisted to stay and eat here especially for this, to get used to it again, you don't want to be stuck on earth too long, you need to heal quickly.

"Well, I went to dive with Freminet in the morning until lunch, to collect materials for him and simply being together, we talked a lot and ended up talking about... well, our newborn friendship. I didn't told him about your sensitiveness, I don't want to embarrass you and spill important personal informations about your life and being, I don't like keeping secrets from Freminet but he would understand if he knew."

Neuvillette is grateful about this, his face remains neutral and you feel a little uncomfortable, like you are back in his office, being the one who is interviewed.

"He sounds like a good person, I would like to meet him someday."

"I can arrange something, anyway I'm rambling."

"Please do, as I said, I don't want thing to sound or feel too professional."

"Well honestly... you look like you question me for work."

He looks surprised, and a bit sorry.

"I apologize, I'm doing my best."

"Don't worry, I can handle this, it's also a reflex so, yeah I'll be fine."

He nod and wait for you to continue.

"When we ate lunch, he talked about his concern about me, he thought that I was getting close to you too quickly, and he didn't wanted me to be hurt like I was. I reassured him and... said I wanted to be naive for one. I don't think I made a mistake."

You smile at him, he smile too, a little blush coloring his cheeks, cute.

"He left and I wanted to dive more, so I stayed alone, swam and met the otter, we like to swim together usually so that's what we did. After a moment, she seemed... tense, and I got shot in my arm by meks."

"So that's why you are hurt, because of meks ?"

"Yes, I think those ones are like the Gendarmeks we encountered a few days ago, they might be someone's propriety, I just... don't know why I was attacked..."

"If they were someone's propriety, then it was Vacher's. He was the men who captured all of thoses women, unfortunately, he died the day I founded you after his trial. I was worried that you might have been one of his last victims, and if those meks where his, then you escaped death twice this week."

"..He.. tried to capture me ?"

"It is a possibility, Navia was the original target, but any young woman from Fontaine could be a good test for his researches."

"What do you mean ?"

"Since Lyney's trial, you know that it's really possible for people from Fontaine to dissolve into the water, in primordial sea's water, when Vacher was young, he and his lover were adventurers, unfortunately, his girlfriend was from Fontaine and had been in contact with primordial sea's water. Vacher wasn't from Fontaine and couldn't join her, wherever she is now, so instead of joining her, he wanted to bring her back, he tested his theories on young womans, around the same age as his lover when she died."