[While Ion is willing to stay with Tyr for as long as he is allowed it is not as though he is going to protest if Tyr needs the time alone. For now, Ion slips out of his chair and heads to the door. He makes sure to be careful with pushing the door open with there being cats still hanging about.]
[ Or Ion would just be too polite to tell Tyr he wanted to be alone. Being with Ion was relaxing. He didn't judge him or need him, but he was still beside him as his friend.
Tyr followed closely behind Ion to make sure no cats slipped past, but once they were outside, he took his place next to Ion. ]
[The walk to the beach hasn't gotten any shorter but Ion isn't troubled with going along the way. It isn't horridly hot with the cloud cover and if it can do Tyr some good, it's necessary. Ion chooses to keep quite for the duration of the walk.]
[ Tyr doesn't even say anything the entire way there, and when they reach it and arrive on the sand (admiring the many flamingos), he still doesn't say anything. It's just a short walk over to the shoreline where Tyr goes ahead and sits down. ]
[ Tyr remembered Ted telling him, long ago when he asked, that his hands were scarred, but Tyr wasn't quite as good at keeping up a lie. Besides that, he didn't want to worry Ion even if he was sure he wouldn't press for details.
So he shook his head and pulled off his left glove as proof. ]
It's not like. It's...
[ Ion was probably smart enough to piece things together if he chose to research runes, but Tyr trusted him as well. Not enough to remove his other glove and let him see the Rune, but enough to tell him a little more. ]
...My friend entrusted me with a rune to hold onto for him... I wear gloves to protect it.
[He is left to look at a normal looking hand albeit a little pale compared to Tyr's face. It is a relief to know it is not something that is of consequence of injury but... Rune- something secret or mysterious. Ion can't say he understands what a rune is but something that may be greater than his own existence. Something that Tyr isn't going to show him.]
[ Surely Ion didn't want more of an explanation than that. With his hand shown, Tyr went ahead and returned his glove to his left hand. Protecting the Soul Eater. That was his one job now even while he was on this vacation. Even if he might be as dead as Ted and Gremio. As long as the mark was still on his hand, he had to be sure no-one else took its power.
[Ion watches Tyr slip his glove back on before he lifts his head back up. There are certainly many questions that are going through his mind as of now but he knows better than to ask especially with the current state of things. But now Ion has to make a promise.]
[He doesn't bring himself to respond with words. As far as he is concerned, as of right now, he is going to have to do as he has been told. No amount of reassuring means things are absolute but he remembers something that Tyr has done for him and reaches out to lightly touch his shoulder.]
[ It's a nice gesture even if Tyr doesn't think that Ion might be mimicking him. He glances over at Ion before turning his attention to the sea again, staring out at it. ]
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Tyr followed closely behind Ion to make sure no cats slipped past, but once they were outside, he took his place next to Ion. ]
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Do you come here often?
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It's kind of nostalgic...
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Something like that. I used to live on the water, too.
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Is the bandana for concealing your gills?
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How did you know?
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[He does not look back at Tyr as something else has come to his attention.]
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I always knew you were clever...
[ But he still looks away himself, losing steam. ]
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You are always wearing gloves.
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Ah, right... That's...
[ Of course Ion would notice that. ]
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[Meaning his hands. He hasn't any other sort of guess as to why the gloves.]
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So he shook his head and pulled off his left glove as proof. ]
It's not like. It's...
[ Ion was probably smart enough to piece things together if he chose to research runes, but Tyr trusted him as well. Not enough to remove his other glove and let him see the Rune, but enough to tell him a little more. ]
...My friend entrusted me with a rune to hold onto for him... I wear gloves to protect it.
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Your friend?
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[ Surely Ion didn't want more of an explanation than that. With his hand shown, Tyr went ahead and returned his glove to his left hand. Protecting the Soul Eater. That was his one job now even while he was on this vacation. Even if he might be as dead as Ted and Gremio. As long as the mark was still on his hand, he had to be sure no-one else took its power.
He looks back up at Ion. ]
Don't tell anyone else about it.
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I promise I won't tell anyone.
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I'm counting on you...
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[ It's a nice gesture even if Tyr doesn't think that Ion might be mimicking him. He glances over at Ion before turning his attention to the sea again, staring out at it. ]
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Thanks, Ion...
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