The response was half-matter-of-fact, half chiding. The latter tone was only slight, but easily noticeable -- perhaps to him, who was on the receiving end. It wasn't something Aqua did consciously, nor was it something she realized she did at all after the fact.
Her head tilted in the opposite direction as she shrugged a shoulder lightly. "That's okay. ... I think I'll just rely on my own judgment ..." Her moral compass was fairly accurate ... most of the time. It had served her well during her stay in the Port thus far, at the very least. ... If not by the skin of her teeth, in some instances.
A thought occurred to her quite suddenly.
"Wait ... You aren't on a lunch break or anything, are you?" It was a little hard to believe that he'd dress that way casually ... but it was just a guess.
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The response was half-matter-of-fact, half chiding. The latter tone was only slight, but easily noticeable -- perhaps to him, who was on the receiving end. It wasn't something Aqua did consciously, nor was it something she realized she did at all after the fact.
Her head tilted in the opposite direction as she shrugged a shoulder lightly. "That's okay. ... I think I'll just rely on my own judgment ..." Her moral compass was fairly accurate ... most of the time. It had served her well during her stay in the Port thus far, at the very least.
... If not by the skin of her teeth, in some instances.A thought occurred to her quite suddenly.
"Wait ... You aren't on a lunch break or anything, are you?" It was a little hard to believe that he'd dress that way casually ... but it was just a guess.
"I don't want to get you into any trouble ..."