[The wince doesn't go unnoticed--yeah, he knows that feel, bro. It's all good. He nods then.]
Mmhm, that's the one. [He grins.] Wow, on a first-name-basis, huh? [He's teasing, but nods again.] Yeah, he told me and my friends about you and Aqua and Ven. I actually met Ven once, a long time ago. Man, everybody I know is like way better at napping than I am--I'm lucky if I can sleep four hours, and they all manage for days, weeks, years at a time. [He clicks his tongue--it's teasing again, there's no malice in the words, but they're a bit heavy all the same.]
Like I said, the king didn't have all the details, but he knew Aqua was trapped in the Realm of Darkness, so... when we went looking for her, we figured we'd see if you weren't there with her. No dice, unfortunately, but it seems like you figured it out, so I guess no harm no foul.
[If there were any more possible irony in that statement...]
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Mmhm, that's the one. [He grins.] Wow, on a first-name-basis, huh? [He's teasing, but nods again.] Yeah, he told me and my friends about you and Aqua and Ven. I actually met Ven once, a long time ago. Man, everybody I know is like way better at napping than I am--I'm lucky if I can sleep four hours, and they all manage for days, weeks, years at a time. [He clicks his tongue--it's teasing again, there's no malice in the words, but they're a bit heavy all the same.]
Like I said, the king didn't have all the details, but he knew Aqua was trapped in the Realm of Darkness, so... when we went looking for her, we figured we'd see if you weren't there with her. No dice, unfortunately, but it seems like you figured it out, so I guess no harm no foul.
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If there were any more possible irony in that statement...]