Maman had always said he was so-so-so blond that someone could mistake him for a Majest. And there! Someone had.
Which meant Setsuko really wasn't an Aqua. So, Lucien was right too.
All that rightness at once? He was fairly beaming about it. Oh, and he knew the answer to this one. He'd only been taught it between workings at the precinct since he was old enough to listen.
He picked up a handful of pebbles, water and a few scraps of moss. Which, yes. They had a lot of these things already between them, but this was a good way to demonstrate. And one he had learned from Fernando, or so he seemed to recall.
Setsuko oh so obligingly looked into his fingers.
"What I'm holding now, that's material. It's made of matter that can change. It must have a little Aether in it though, because all things do. Aether is the thing that goes everywhere, between the other elements. You and me, we've got mostly matter in us, so we're Material beings. Aetherial beings are mostly Aether, but they have a little of other elements in them. Like an Aqua is one that has water."
Re: Mermaid AU!Setsuko
Which meant Setsuko really wasn't an Aqua. So, Lucien was right too.
All that rightness at once? He was fairly beaming about it. Oh, and he knew the answer to this one. He'd only been taught it between workings at the precinct since he was old enough to listen.
He picked up a handful of pebbles, water and a few scraps of moss. Which, yes. They had a lot of these things already between them, but this was a good way to demonstrate. And one he had learned from Fernando, or so he seemed to recall.
Setsuko oh so obligingly looked into his fingers.
"What I'm holding now, that's material. It's made of matter that can change. It must have a little Aether in it though, because all things do. Aether is the thing that goes everywhere, between the other elements. You and me, we've got mostly matter in us, so we're Material beings. Aetherial beings are mostly Aether, but they have a little of other elements in them. Like an Aqua is one that has water."
(OOC: in case you need a break from the angst.)