Good Job Out There, Chap [Lil, Edelo]

He raised a brow slightly as he ....watched her. That darting, panicky sortof looking around. She looked like a badger cornered in a barn. Sheesh, she seemed to handle that stadium even worse than he did. He paused.... listening to her explanation and then looking around. Hm. He ...... stopped in his tracks, which no doubt would cause her to pause as well as he .... took a moment to look around, and sigh just a little. "Yea. It's .... a lot to think about. But probably not as much as it feels like. It's easy to get a little overwhelmed." He murmured softly, before looking back down to her. He was silent for a moment before looking to the left. A path that headed down to the beach. It was open, technically, but it was so late in the afternoon, and well...with the arena in full swing, it was empty. He smiled a bit and then looked back to Liltotto. Nodding toward the coast and then starting to walk in that direction.

"I usually only come out here at night. When everyone's asleep. But well. With the fights going on. Nobody's around anyway." He chuckled, shaking his head as he eyed the length of sandy expanse. Empty as could be. Just a few staff and lifeguards, but they were doing their own thing. Just people to keep an eye on things really. Nobody to bother them as Edelo walked Liltotto almost right up to the water, looking out to the horizon. It wasn't anything spectacular. The sun was still pretty high up. But still, the endless blue was .... a nice welcome calm compared to the stadium.

"This. at least. Reminds me of home. There was a lake that wasn't more than a few miles from the village. My father...... he'd take us there when we were little. To watch the sun set." He smiled and .... tilted his head a bit from side to side. "Not as big. For sure. But the water helps me keep my head straight. Sometimes at least." He admitted sheepishly. Glancing back to her, t was a long shot but. Hopefully it'd help calm her a little.

He could see it. He smiled just a bit more sincerely as he watched her .....settle. At least a little. That sense that...SOMETHING was harrying her now seeming to fade away. Well, hell yea, one point for me. He thought to himself, looking out onto the water and sighing contently. " A bit of a surprise we haven't run into each other sooner then. " He admitted. Closing his eyes and letting his other senses take over. The smell. The feel of the cool ocean breeze coming in from the ocean. It was enough to soothe anything. Though... AS she went on to talk more about the ocean, he couldn't help but tilt his head a little. Kinda....surprised. Huh, well that was.... weird to say. Right? He wasn't sure. Maybe this was just how city folk talked.

"Huh I never thought of it that way." He murmured, looking down at the water itself. Thinking. "I guess it's easy to forget how deep the water is... when the surface is so pretty." He murmured thoughtfully, then glancing back to Liltotto herself, and seeing the confliction on her face. But well. At least it didn't seem as bad. And that was enough to earn back his smile.

Well... for a few moments. Then he looked out to that shimmering horizon. And sighed.

"I don't feel ....quite like I belong here." He admitted softly. "In the village. It was so easy. I knew everyone. But I sortof.... stuck to myself. I did my work. And then, I went off on my own. to practice. Or to just enjoy the quiet. I spent all my free time by myself. Just a little happiness just for me." Those eyelids...drifted lower. And his expression grew a bit somber. "And then.... the happy moments.... they ran out. And then... just fear." He noted quietly. A .... dreadful silence hanging in the air for just a few beats. " So we came here." He murmured, shrugging his shoulders. "I have all the quiet.... and all the happiness I could want. I should be relaxing." He chuckled sheepishly and let out a slow, steady sigh, letting his eyes drift to a close, just... feeling the breeze.

"It doesn't always work. But .... it's a little nice, knowing I'm not the only one who gets a little overwhelmed."

Huh, so she did know. At least now he knew his hunch was right on the money. He watched her as she let him in on ... what she was feeling. Or well... her own take on the situation... and then a proper look into her own feelings on the matter as she admitted that she felt the same. Yea... that was about the feeling alright.

Though. As she went and apologized, he couldn't help but chuckle. "That's alright. I don't think either of us is uh... really good at this." He admitted There was any number of leaderlike THINGS he could say. Something inspiring. Something.... heartening. But at the end of the day, they both still felt how they felt. A pep talk wasn't really the answer. No matter how many war movies he watched. He glanced around, and then crouched, planting his hand, and then sat down in the sand. Sighing a little as he ... stared off into the sea.

"At least we still have the beach. And Nigh wandering." He noted with idle amusement. He glanced at his sports bottle. Which he ....couldn't open without getting sand in the cap. Hm. Well he'd be fine till he could wash his hands.