"Very nice to meet you, Setsuko," Lucian replied, tipping his head so that his damp hair ended up strewn all funny over his face. Easy enough to fix, which he did, half humming about it and still ending up with more stray golden feathers sticking out all over the place. "I'm not supposed to stay wet, really. I just like it. And I can! So I do and mayyybe I get in trouble sometimes."

For that, he stretched, obviously trying not to beam.

"Where are we? Well, Papa and I came out here to do some lessons with our Aethies. So, we're a few miles out of Sorcer-of-Peace and then people started appearing. I don't think it usually does that here. I could be wrong though."