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a soft but sharp blow to his pack shook him out of his trance, and he wheeled in a quarter-circle, startled and snarling. he shut his jaws with an audible snap as he found engel's orange eyes blinking back at him, set in a happy face.

"engel, my god," he breathed, shaking his head and smiling ruefully. "don't sneak up on me like that. it's gonna kill you. . .or me." his heart was racing with adrenaline. "then again, perhaps i deserve it for sneaking off."

aditya hadn't heard what engel said, so he remained silent, the older man's question left unanswered. instead, he remarked, "the sea looks beautiful, for a winter's day"--unintentionally leading back to the topic engel wanted to discuss in the first place.