leires | IT'S A BEAN

[ and he huffs in turn ]

I can't while I'm still bleeding... I'll attract sharks... or dad.

[ well his dad probably can't sense their blood in the water or anything weird like that but when your dad is a god you don't want to put much past him ]

[Sharks made sense but:]

Your dad is a shark?

No.

[ He curls his tail like someone would with their knees, and props his elbows up on it, resting his face in his hands. He sounds exasperated. ]

He's the sea god.

Wait, god?!

[He looks up as if he was about to be smited. Smote?]

[ This reaction gets a raised eyebrow from him (why you looking up and not at the sea dude) before he looks back out at the water ]

Yeah. Poseidon.

[ a beat ]

He's so lame.

...

[His expression is... not pained, but a bit pensive. He guesses all dads are lame to their kids. Not that he'd really know personally]

He's not... going to show up and cause a storm or anything, is he?

No. He might be a god but he's kinda dense. [ Choromatsu........ ]

He shouldn't have any clue where I am. But that's why I gotta be careful going back home.

...He would if I died though! So you better not eat me!

[ HE'S JUST BEING EXTRA SURE ]

Ugh, I'm not going to eat you! If you keep hollering like that though and someone hears you they'll kidnap you to try and get a favor.

[ oh that... seems to immediately scare him. He looks back at Takumi fearfully ]

E-Eh?! K-Kidnap?!

[Takumi doesn't really seem to realize that he's scaring him]

It's not much different from being royalty, right? A god could probably pay a huge ransom.

... maybe even lift a curse.

[His tone is thoughtful, and he stares out at the sea, brows drawn]

[ He's... a lot quieter now ]

Th-That'd be really st-stupid... h-he'd crush anyone that t-tried...

[he sighs]

Probably. It'd be a pretty dishonorable thing to do, too.

[His pensive look drops into something like longing before he turns away from the endless darkening water. Maybe Mikoto had been right to tell them all to stay away- it wasn't smiting he should have feared, but something deeper and quieter and, in the end, much more dangerous. He stands, moving over towards the rocks further up the beach, scratching at the places his skin had touched Choromatsu's wet body and the salt soaked netting. It was starting to turn red.]

I'll keep watch until you're ready to go back out. If someone attacked you on our lands it'd be troublesome.

...Okay.

[ he's not really sure what to feel about the... kindness. ]

...Thanks.

It's my responsibility. This is my family's land- letting someone that's basically royalty die here when I know about it is just as bad as killing you myself.

[He huffs, blushing and refusing to look at him]