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 Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:19 pm
"Great! I hope it's not too hard. But if you teach me, I think I'll learn quickly," he said, and smiled. He didn't seem to realize he was flirting, and if he had realized, he would have been embarrassed at himself.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:33 pm
Polgara smiled. "I'll do my best, but I won't make any promises," She said with a light chuckle. "But I'm sure you'll do woderfully!" She said with a happy laugh.
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:33 am
Aoaka smiled. "Thank you. I hope so, anyway," he said. He fiddled with his cup for a moment before taking another drink, somewhat at a loss for conversation topics. He didn't want to touch on something that would ruin the happy mood.
And he was beginning to itch, which meant he couldn't stay very long anymore. He wished he didn't have to go back to the water, for once.
"Uhm, Polgara? I know you're busy... otherwise I'd ask if you wanted to walk with me. But, I need to get back to the water. I've been out almost all day, and I'm getting... itchy," he said, his smile turning a bit sheepish.
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:40 am
Polgara looked around, and smiled. "I guess I could walk you back to the lake there seems to be a lull, so it shouldn't be a problem," In truth, she was a bit saddened that he had to go, but she did want to see him off, so she figured she'd walk him out.
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:17 pm
Aoaka looked around. She was right, the room was empty. Perhaps because it was evening, but that didn't matter. He smiled and nodded.
"I would love to have you walk with me, Polgara," he said. "It's not too far, and the lake is really beautiful at night," he added. He wondered if she saw the lake at night very often.
He quickly set his cup down, and, hoping she would accept, he held out his hand for her to take.
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:09 pm
Polgara took his hand and smiled. "Lead the way," She said softly, quite happy to walk him home. She used to walk by the lake all the time... Now she would have more reason to!
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:08 am
Aoaka squeezed her hand gently, and smiled as he started to walk. He pushed open the door, and held it for her, nodding her through. "Ladies first," he said. Politeness was a necessity with him.
As they walked towards the beach, he looked up at the sky. "Look, stars are coming out!" he said, and pointed with his free hand. "I love to watch the stars. Sometimes, I just float out in the water at night and watch them move above. Their reflections on the lake... it's like I'm floating in the stars," he said. He liked that notion, it seemed very peaceful.
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:13 am
Polgara smiled and looked up at the sky as they walked, after all, he was talking about the stars. "Yes, they are rather beautiful," she said, looking up at them for a few moments longer, before her eyes turned to Aoaka. "I like that, maybe after you teach me to swim, I can float in the stars with you too," She smiled coyly and her free hand started to play with her hair.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:29 am
Aoaka fell silent for a moment, and thought about that. Being able to share that with someone... that would be very nice, indeed.
"I'd like to share that with you," he said, and smiled. He tilted his head as he saw her play with her hair. She'd been doing that a lot, and he was overcome with curiousity. "Polgara, if you don't mind my asking... why do you play with your hair? I sometimes do when I'm nervous... I hope I don't make you nervous," he added, nodding his head slightly and earnestly.
He watched her as they walked. He knew the way to the lake very well; he almost didn't have to watch where he was going to get back there. And she was even prettier in the pale light rather than the artificial light of inside. He didn't even seem to realize that the Aoaka of a few hours ago would have been mortified at himself for presuming to think that way about an elder. But now, it seemed perfectly natural.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:47 pm
Polgara looked at her hand for a moment and let it drop, blushing slightly as Aoaka noticed. "No, no... Not nervous," She giggled, and clapped her hand over her mouth.
Polgara had not giggled in AGES, she slowly lowered her hand and smiled. "No, no, when I do that... it's cause... I'm intereseted in something..."
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:41 am
Aoaka smiled when she giggled. He liked the sound of it. Then he tilted his head. Interested in something...?
"Oh, I see. I'll have to remember that," he said, and chuckled. They rounded a bend in the path, and quite a ways below, the faint reflection of the lake could be seen through the trees.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:19 pm
Polgara sighed. "I really wish the lake were a bit further away," She blurted then bit her tongue, that could have been construed as rude, but she wasn't sure if he'd take it the wrong way or not.
But the fact that she could see the lake now, meant that it was closer than she wanted it to be.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:26 pm
Aoaka blinked, and then looked up at her, before looking back down to the lake, and slowed his walking pace to an amble. "We don't have to hurry," he stated.
He hadn't taken it the wrong way at all. In fact, he'd rather gotten a warm fuzzy feeling from the statement. He squeezed her hand again, and swung it gently between them, playfully.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:55 am
Polgara blushed a bit and nodded her head, squeezing his hand back she smiled. She let him set the pace, because if she were the one to set it... well... They probably would have been walking backwards at this point.
"So, what's it like... Living in the lake?" She asked, since she did want to learn a bit more about him.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:34 am
Aoaka nodded. "Well, I actually live in a rocky cave by the shoreline. It's down that way a bit," he said, pointing.
"It's got a bit of dry bottom, but most of it is shallow water. I tried to make it more, erm... homey, I guess... than a simple cave. I have a firepit I dug outside, and shelves and such... but the lake itself is beautiful. Underwater, there are forests of water plants, and they sway back and forth, and the sunlight shines through the waves, making everything glisten... it's never the same twice," he said, smiling to think about it.
"Pae can drop the most interesting things down there, though most of it isn't recognizable by the time anyone finds it. Most of it I just leave there. It's not hurting anything, so why move it?" he asked.
He looked over at Polgara to see if she was interested or not, or if she had any questions.
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