Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26989948-20180223141809/@comment-26892768-20180227134951

For a few moments, there's silence.

"...let's get you back to shore." Hinga's eyes harden again - tempered steel once more. She puts her cloak back on, pulling the hood up. She starts to turn the boat around.

"Ah - yeah, that's probably a good idea..." Fereain remarks, chuckling nervously a bit. He's still a bit...shaken after that encounter. "Also, sorry about making you stop to save me...really, kind of my own fault-"

"You got scared by a Takea like anyone with some common sense would. You can't blame yourself for that." Hinga interrupts. Besides, this isn't going to take much out of her time. She's just going to have to make a few minor adjustments to her schedule.

Although the words are comforting, Fereain still feels a bit guilty for making Hinga stop to save him after his own mistake. "Wouldn't have had to save me if I had a better handle on my fire."

"It's fine." Hinga remembers what it was like learning to use her power over water and her mask - a difficult and frustrating process to be sure. She can't imagine what it's like to have to learn to control a more inherently destructive element.

"Alright, if you say so..." Fereain looks down at the bottom of the dinghy. "Just my luck that when I head out to Metru Nui I run into a Takea..."

Hinga stops rowing for a moment, her brain processing the information. Some logical, sane part of her brain is telling her to just keep going and drop Fereain off, let him deal with his own problems, and not get involved with this guy any more than she already has. For once, she ignores that part of her brain. This is only temporary - just a few days travelling together, and then they'll go their own ways. Besides, she doesn't want to make the guy spend more widgets when he's probably low already, having bought all those tools.

"You know..." Hinga hesitates for a moment. Fereain takes note that her eyes seem to be a bit softer now, albeit somewhat hesitant to show that same tenderness as before. "I'm heading to Metru Nui too. I also have a steel boat. So...maybe we can save some time and go together."

Fereain takes a moment to process this. Honestly, he feels kind of guilty about accepting the offer, considering Hinga just saved him and his tools (which wasn't even necessary really) and was now offering to help him out since his boat was destroyed by himself...but even if it does feel like he's taking advantage of her kindness and generoisty, this is probably the most convenient solution to his problem. "Well, if you're offering, sure."