48: Act

Control, was the mantra that he had lived by as long as he could remember. Measure every word, care for nothing, and be as ice. That mantra is forsaken now, and the act of the Ice Prince is gone. He still stays tightly controlled, but only to keep from doing magic without meaning to. He cares and laughs now, well he had cared for Daisuke before he was free, but that's different. He can have friends now, and act as he wants to instead of how he was raised to behave. And if his clan finds out and tries to change that, —Let them try, against power the match of a Great Work they will fail, and he will not face them alone either.

Water

I shake the water off my feathers and give Daisuke an affronted look, though I suspect that my mock annoyance is somewhat spoiled by the undercurrent of amusement that I am sure is echoing to his mind, the link is currently open after all. I tense, and then pounce, if I have to get dunked in our secret bay then it's only fair that he gets wet too. He squawks as we hit the water, and his wings are flailing wildly, splashing water everywhere. I dive, vanishing easily in the water, propelling myself quickly through it, then seeing that he has gotten over his surprise I breach the surface behind him, splashing my partner again. Seeing that he intends to retaliate I form a quick barrier, and we spend a while having a splash fight before dozing off on the shore, wings draped loosely over our bodies.