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Aegir was having an eventful night, he'd managed to stop a mugging (non Negaverse related), dusted one youma, and now? Now he'd started on an approach to another chaos-based energy signature - not an officer, not a senshi, but another of the monsters. So he would take care of that and then make his way home for the evening. He'd mostly recovered from the Portal Debacle and had been working his way back up to full speed, but this was pushing it a little bit.

Too bad he wasn't the sort to back down when there was something he could do.

And that, is how he found himself closing in on his 'target'. Or rather, how he found himself running smack into a civilian that was running away from something. Likely the youma he'd sensed. The eternal senshi staggered back a little, falling against a concrete wall from the dispersed momentum of the civilian's flight with a little 'oof', one arm automatically reaching around to catch the man.

"Hey--" Well damn, there it is. Aegir pushed from the wall, still holding Evan, and without ceremony scooped him up. "Hold on." That was all the warning he could give before launching them both backwards about twenty feet and landing; he had to retreat briefly so that he could put space between Evan and the porcine-ish monster. Is it just me, or are these things getting weirder and weirder looking?

"Stay behind me. Or run. That'd also be a good idea." The monster had some rather nasty looking teeth - it was far, far more dangerous than the last thing he'd fought - and he didn't want to end up on the wrong side of them. Maybe it wasn't necessary, but Aegir brought out the big guns because he wanted to finish this quickly and really didn't feel like playing hangman with a bitey youma.

"Soundless Tranquil Ocean! The casting took very little time and Aegir had the satisfaction of knowing that even if he had to bash it's stupid little head in, the magic would help speed things up. But boy, he was tired after it, he'd been expending a lot of energy while still somewhat weakened. Next time I'm not flying a youma-kite. Bad idea. C'mon you stupid thing, just die already!

With the monster dusted, Aegir could hold his left arm against his aching middle - nothing had been overly strained, but he was hurting some and knew he'd pay for all this action in the morning. Thank god neither Thraen, Van or Hver saw this, they'd have my a**. The senshi let out a long sigh as he turned to face Evan, a warm smile crossing his face at the questions - and concern.

"It's gone. Dusted, actually." He gestured to a rapidly disappearing pile of ash near his feet, some mystical wind coming to take it away (as per usual). "And you're welcome."

Moving slowly closer to Evan, the senshi offered his free hand while trying to ignore the question about how 'okay' he was; his injuries were none of this person's concern and came from older, more desperate battles. "Definitely not dead. I'm called Aegir, by the way."

"How did you manage to find that youma? Bad luck, I'd guess."

Poor guy, he's pretty rattled...can't say I blame him. Destiny City is a lot to take in. "Well, the local media just...ignores it? Not really sure, it could be some sort of glamour magic, keeping everyone from banding together and doing something about it." Unfortunately, Aegir just didn't know why the police and people weren't talking more about the monsters, the 'missing' people...the lifeless bodies, empty husks without the glittering starseed within their breast.

"It's nice to meet you, Evan. Sorry about the monsters..basically I'm what you get, instead of police. People like me." The guy was a bit awkward, but seemed nice - too nice to deserve to be running into youma all the time (Aegir was of the opinion that most of Destiny City's residents were 'too nice' to deserve the war going on around their ears).

Green eyes widened at the mention of repayment, and he recollected his hand so both could be put up in a supplicating gesture, "No no, you don't need to repay me at all. This is...well," He pushed a gloved hand up through the curls sticking to his forehead, "It's kind of my job."

"I mean, I like helping people...and since I'm all magicked up..." Aegir smiled, the sort of warm smile that crinkled the corner of one's eyes - that couldn't be faked. "Do you want me to walk you home? 'Cause there's no telling what's out tonight." Actually, he could feel it, creeping along the edges of his awareness - Chaos.

Evan's reaction was not one that Aegir could have anticipated; most civilians being put face-to-face with monsters and senshi reacted with fear and disbelief...not sharp statements or questions. Two golden brows arched with surprise, "Well, technically you're correct...but I feel like it's my duty to protect people, so for me..." It's a job...and one that affects my civilian job too. But it's okay, clearly he's got some strong feelings. Aegir's expression wasn't unkind, more curious and and interested - Evan was a character and the blond couldn't help wanting to learn more about his new friend.

The hesitation was noticed - people could be very paranoid in Destiny City, the senshi understood this well and waited until Evan had given his answer - and a condition. Evan's condition made him laugh, bright and warm and he raised his hands, giving in even as he started off in the direction his companion indicated. "Alright, alright. I'm a vegetarian though, so it won't be as easy as you think." Ah, but how would he get in contact with Evan to let him know he'd be around?

"Tell you what, how about we make it a date?"

Aegir wondered why Evan gave him that brow-quirked look, but didn't think on it too long once it seemed the other had decided to stop sending that expression his way. It was far more interesting to listen as Evan talked about cooking, about the things that he could make happen - was willing to make happen - as recompense for being saved. Still don't think it's necessary, but if it makes him happy to do it...who'm I to say no? He seems really kind, too.

"Chili's good anytime, especially good chili." With a chuckle, Aegir accepted the scribbled on curl of paper, looking over it perfunctorily before tucking it into his costume jacket; he could take it back out before he powered down, but it would probably be safe where it was until then. Not like he could lose this jacket or anything. "Thank you."

Anything that he might have said was swallowed as Evan went further into how he wanted their interaction to go; really, it was reasonable and sensible - it wasn't as though he could easily walk into a bar (or much of anywhere, for that matter) fully powered up and not expect a lot of weird looks or questions. "It sounds like a good plan, I agree." Aegir laughed a bit, "I'm not exactly inconspicuous like this." With how adamant the dark haired young man was, the senshi just accepted that this was going to happen and moved on without resistance. Really, it was nice to be appreciated.

"If you're having trouble, I could carry you. Being a superhero comes with perks, you know." He was pretty sure Evan wouldn't accept, but they'd been working steadily towards where he assumed the guy's place of residence was, so maybe it wouldn't be necessary. Aegir might've made the offer - and certainly would have acted on it - but that didn't necessarily mean he wasn't going to fall into bed as soon as possible himself!

Honestly, Evan was quite the character - the sort of steadily stubborn guy that didn't want to reach out for assistance if he could help it. Aegir empathized, he'd felt that way when he'd been desperately low and trying to do everything on his own - and failing. It had literally taking Hver tattling on him to Quenton and his friend basically moving in for a month to force him to stop with "the stupid" as Quenton had called it. He wasn't certain that Evan was quite as bad as needing all of that, but he was certainly well on the path of "too stubborn to be smart, too smart to show that much stupid".

"I told you, it's no problem. I like doing it." Aegir was smiling again, teeth and fuku bright in the darkness, as though both took in the moonlight and amplified it.

He closed his eyes a moment, to give his senses his full attention - there were monsters out, but nothing nearby - and then it was gone, either dusted or returning to it's masters to hand over an ill-gotten prize. "No, there aren't any dangerous signatures near here, you should be completely safe to go it alone if that's what you want."

Even if Evan wanted, Aegir wasn't going to leave him - bounce out of his range of sight, yes. Out of an area the senshi of silence could easily reach him from, no. "And don't worry, if there were monsters or anything, I'd just go take care of it. You really are safe now." Safe enough that Aegir could bow out and bounce as he meant to after offering a gloved hand for Evan to shake before he 'disappeared' to discretely sit on an apartment rooftop and wait fifteen minutes before going home himself.