Neverwinter Forest The man who's a dreamer and never takes leave

he holds his breath until mal says yeah, and even then is hesitant to let it go. maybe that's "yeah but not you, obviously, don't be an idiot"-- its hard to tell. but when mal speaks again he has to fight to hide the doofy smile that threatens to take over his face, though he can't stop the corners of his mouth from twitching upward.

okeanos knows mal has always had hangups about elysium. privately, he likes rather a lot about how his mothers and lily ran things, but to say so now wouldn't help his case. instead he makes a vague noise of acquiescence, ducking his head. "as long as i don't have to be a soldier," he says with what he hopes is an appropriate amount of cheerful self-deprecation, "i wouldn't be any good." (though, truthfully, if mal instructed him to learn to fight... well, shit. he'd try, at least.)