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When Cressida asked what he had in mind, his eyes lit up further, but he didn't laugh.

All things considered, that might come across as peculiar.

"I have plenty in mind, Cressida." His voice was strange, a little more like a purr than a standard, straight speaking voice one might expect from Okeanos. "Tell me, what are your abilities?"

He tapped his tongue against the roof of his mouth.

"Where do you live?"

The questions had suddenly gotten remarkably personal.

There may have been a reason for the questions, perhaps, because he seemed quite interested in knowing what she did. When she suddenly pulled a star off her body and flung it like a shuriken, his eyes widened in nothing short of glee. It would be easy to imagine a more sane pae'il perhaps clapping at the occurrence.

The mark it left was not deep, but it was enough to catch Okeanos' notice, and he motioned in the air, as if tracing his fingers across the tree where it had got hit though he was several feet away from it.

"Good, good," he murmured, before turning back towards Cressida. "Very well, Green!"

It was at that point he turned back towards the cliff and teetered over the edge, looking near ready to make a swan dive off it. A moment or two passed, before he cackled, swirling around and throwing his arms forward. While there was no visible change up above, if Cressida had followed him to attempt to see what he was doing, she would notice a large splash of water against the side of the cliff, shaking the ground.

The joy on his face seemed sinister.

It seemed he forgot someone was there for a few moments, until Cressida began to speak, and even then, it took him a few moments to come down from his seeming high, delight in his eyes not fading.

Using his abilities gave him an undeniable rush and a pep in his step, along with a deeper tone in his voice, ringing stronger than the others. "Ah, Green, it is beyond perfect." Indeed, that was probably a horrifying power for him to have, all things considered.

It took him a few more moments to actually move away from the edge.

Fae Clearing in Loka Nei. That was noted, tucked away in his mind along with the real name of Green, probably.

"We could go to your place."

What?

"Green could eat the green apples and become green herself..."

And he laughed.

It was hard to say why Okeanos was taking the sudden interest he was. It seemed to be prompted by asking her to do something -- perhaps there were some gears turning in his head, with all those questions?

"Ah, but Green! Frightening the blood, isn't that the best way to have fun?"

... Yes, indeed, the gears were turning in his head, and probably not in the way Cressida wanted to hear. Was it a goal of his to frighten her mother? Why was that a goal? So many questions could be asked, but Okeanos didn't seem to want to give a verbal answer for any of them. Perhaps, more than that, he didn't have a verbal answer for any of them.

Perhaps he just wanted to.

"Eat the fruit, become one with the Green!"

And he snickered again, like this was all very funny.

When she hesitantly accepted his suggestion, Okeanos nearly cackled.

Perhaps that may have been a little foreboding, but Okeanos seemed legitimately delighted that she had gone along with his offer. Was it because frightening the blood, as he called it, was the best way to have fun, truly? Or was it because he had his own agenda?

Or was it because, as Cressida hoped, Okeanos was legitimately interested in her?

"Ah, why not a surprise?!" There was a deviousness in his eyes. "That's what makes it the most fun!"

... What was he up to?

"Ah, ah, ah!" Okeanos tapped his chin, as if he came to a realization, before pointing that finger back at her. "But you have previously implied you do not have many you speak to other than me! Surely, this means you do not exit your abode terribly often!"

Something about him seemed so excited by this conclusion, as if he was excited to show that he was learning, or what he had learned, or perhaps just to show how much he really already knew about the one who called herself 'Cressida,' and the one he insisted on calling 'Green'--with the exception of the rare, disturbing occasions he decided to whip out her name for the fun of if, just to watch her reaction.

Or was he doing it because he just had remembered her name, randomly?

Hm.

His eyes flicked up to the sky again, observing a stray cloud, before snapping back to Cressida's eyes again, locking on like a vulture locking onto its prey. "Would you have a preference?"

A laugh.

The green one seemed quite frazzled when she suddenly realized Okeanos had been right, that she wasn't babbling to air, or perhaps that was a smile, and it made the naiad laugh.

He seemed to find a lot of things quite hilarious when he was around her.

Then again, perhaps he found a lot of things hilarious in general. When had Cressida seen him around anyone else...?

"Jump to conclusions? Ah, but that could be hilarious in itself." Okeanos grinned, perhaps not getting what she meant, or perhaps getting what she meant and finding it hysterical. "Very well! We shall go at your choosing, if you so wish, at a later date!" With that, he unceremoniously laid back on the grass, looking up at the sky, suddenly quite entranced with another one of those stray clouds...

Indeed, Okeanos was a bit more observant than she had previously thought, and still he was observing, noticing that she was now getting ready to leave, while making plans for the next time they would meet.

Three days. Three days was not a long time from current, but he seemed alright with it, giving a careless shrug that was probably hard for her to make out from his position in the grass. That seemed to be as much of a confirmation as he would give, too busy paying attention to the clouds as they floated by to give much of a care otherwise.

That was, until she mentioned liking them and not trying to punch random strangers. Okeanos seemed to recall what she found amusing, letting out a brief, uproarious laugh. "Ah, how foolish! It is surprising Green is not a member of the Sea."

Just in case Cressida was starting to get comfortable, and all.

"It shall be an interesting time!"