Sea Lion Shores beauty in everything

I think both of y'all's posts were great! c:

If there was anything he had learned about the sisters he'd been tasked with escorting it was that they couldn't be more different from one another. Aella was tough and Atreus had a hard time deciding if she liked him or hated him. Of course, Nereides on principle didn't think much of their male companions and Atreus had known that long before he had ever sought them out. He didn't mind her direct and strict treatment of him, would have laid down and let her maul him if she commanded him too because that was his job. To serve her. Even so, every once in a while he would look to her to try to determine if he was doing a good job, if he was living up to or excelling the standards that they required of their Consorts or not but determining what she thought was like trying to read emotion in a rock to him. Impossible. 'Thea was quiet, following Aella willingly and came across as shy to him. Whether his assessment of the two Nereids he was charged to escort was on the bulls eye or not really didn't matter. After all, it was just a way for Atreus to pass the time. He paused midchew on a piece of seaweed when Aella approached, the gravity of her gaze making him feel like she was trying to see if she could burn a hole into him. He lowered himself into submission immediately, their combined gazes like a heavy hand that pulled him down. He chewed twice more and swallowed the sea weed, coughing once on it (for it had not been chewed enough for him to be able to swallow it correctly) and let out a low whine. Yes, my lady, He answered, and to pacify her and the onlooking 'Thea he ose, keeping his ears slicked back and his tail close to his body and moved towards the Sea. Brazenly he moved against the tide, wading into the water, his fur soaked from his chest down. Thank you Mother Sea for showing us the way back to You and I ask Your forgiveness for my impudence for not showing You my gratitude much sooner. The Drudge spoke to the Sea in softened, humble tone.