Or: Palamedes does not like the Large Fish Quotient of this ocean, enjoying it a completely inverse amount to how much he enjoys the Large Rio Quotient. He looks between her and Viktor a few times, like if he does that enough, nothing else just outside this safe tunnel of illuminated water can possibly... be large and threaten him with its presence.
It's a process. He tugs Viktor in by both hands, leaning the rest of the way to kiss his forehead in thanks. The novelty of the underwater kiss will occur to him in due time, but maybe in full on the way back. Still: the forehead kiss, because he's, hm, kind of embarrassed? It's just uncomfortable enough to have visible fears, and Viktor is handling it perfectly in every way, without fawning and drawing more attention to it. He isn't about to bluster about how fears are for little babies or anything, that's ridiculous, but he might hate more than the large fish itself to be handled with kid gloves.
So. Good. A kiss for gratitude, since Palamedes would rather not glub nonsense at him.
The next time a big fish shadow (threatening) passes overhead, he simply stares at Rio until it's gone. Whew. Okay. He gestures then, letting go of one of Viktor's hands; they can Continue.]
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Or: Palamedes does not like the Large Fish Quotient of this ocean, enjoying it a completely inverse amount to how much he enjoys the Large Rio Quotient. He looks between her and Viktor a few times, like if he does that enough, nothing else just outside this safe tunnel of illuminated water can possibly... be large and threaten him with its presence.
It's a process. He tugs Viktor in by both hands, leaning the rest of the way to kiss his forehead in thanks. The novelty of the underwater kiss will occur to him in due time, but maybe in full on the way back. Still: the forehead kiss, because he's, hm, kind of embarrassed? It's just uncomfortable enough to have visible fears, and Viktor is handling it perfectly in every way, without fawning and drawing more attention to it. He isn't about to bluster about how fears are for little babies or anything, that's ridiculous, but he might hate more than the large fish itself to be handled with kid gloves.
So. Good. A kiss for gratitude, since Palamedes would rather not glub nonsense at him.
The next time a big fish shadow (threatening) passes overhead, he simply stares at Rio until it's gone. Whew. Okay. He gestures then, letting go of one of Viktor's hands; they can Continue.]