Syryn kept vigil over Riaku. An hour went by and Akida hadn't returned. He wondered if the mountain was far away.
"Let's play a game while we wait for Rowan," Sebastian suggested. They'd kept themselves entertained so far with the descriptions of Nua that Syryn had painted for their imaginations.
"What game?" The alchemist asked as he touched the skin on Riaku's cheeks. It was a layer of warm newly healed skin that looked baby soft and felt like it too.
"Truth or dare," Sebastian announced with a flourish of his hand.
"No."
The mage turned to their stern anti mage. "What are you afraid of, A-mu?"
Artemus was afraid of many things. That included playing a game of dares with possibly two of the most reckless people he was acquainted was. Pushing boundaries was what Sebastian and Syryn had in common. Unfortunately so.
"Mu-mu is afraid of dares," Syryn chuckled. "Who knows what you might make him do, Seb."
