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Hydor despised spring, really.

For one, it made his allergies act up, Hydor noted with an unnecessarily harsh sniffle. ********. He could do without all these damn buds on the trees. The stuffed feeling in his head was only making the presence of the drunkards that attended his university more grating, and there may have been a couple of moments during his patrol that he questioned the merits of using his abilities on them instead of whatever Chaos auras may have been roaming.

Knowing that he had limited usage of his magic, though, as shitty as that was, kept him from swinging out and decking a man with a particular waft to him. He must have already imbibed before trying to stumble off the campus.

Shithead.

Hydor was, in some sense, relieved when his patrol route took him a bit closer to the campus proper. At the very least, most of the rowdiest of the students had already headed out towards their bars and their fraternity parties, which most importantly, kept them the ******** away from him. On the outskirts of the campus, he could watch out for the people that at least would not give him a headache in turn. The parties and their chaos probably provided more opportunities for Chaos, but then, the quiet did too, allowing them to sneak about with relatively little impairment. The quiet allowed them to pick off students going from location to location, perhaps even like that student that had previously imbibed.

The quiet was disrupted, though, broken up by the sounds of a jingling of some sort, and Hydor lifted his eyes curiously, searching for its origin.

The pulse of an aura caught his attention second, and Hydor soon realized that the origin of the jingling must have been the same. Interesting. His patrol stopped, for the moment, and he waited to see if the originator would choose to approach him.

It seemed that the originator had decided to approach him on their own.

Thus, Hydor waited, opting to lean against the side of the building he was nearby--the student union, it seemed--with his arms crossed over his chest. It was not the most welcoming position to greet someone in, but then, Hydor was not exactly the most welcoming of people, either. It was a position that kept him closed off and allowed him to evaluate, which was the way he preferred these general interactions.

At the very least, though, he was not choosing to either run away or form a laundry list of questions to attack the other with upon immediate sight. In some ways, that made Hydor's current state much more open than it might have been even a half-year ago.

The jangle of the senshi's outfit reached his ears first, her voice, second. Hydor's eyes lifted as he tilted his head towards the new arrival, offering a nod as she asked if there was someone there.

"Yes."

If that was not obvious already, it certainly was now.

Her particular outfit was interesting. Occasionally, he saw that the senshi's outfits could give some idea of their spheres, but then, in his relative experience, they often did not. His outfit had been a pristine suit before it had been upgraded, and Eurydike's toga and shorts certainly did not make him think terribly much of salt. There was not much he could assume with hers, though he was fairly certain that stealth would never be her strong point.

"Do you patrol the campus as well?" asked Hydor, simply, pulling himself off the wall just a bit, but not necessarily uncrossing his arms.

It seemed that this senshi understood his signals, did not try to step further into his space, stayed at a small distance and allowed that distance to exist. Hydor was thankful for that. He was more comfortable with the distance, especially when it came to people he had not met, yet.

That happened to apply to most everyone in the world.

Students? Was this a professor, or a teacher's assistant? Perhaps a graduate assistant? He tried to assess her age from where he stood, but he had discovered over time that the best he could make was, usually, a guess. It had surprised him how often it turned out that people were older than he might have guessed they were. A maturity thing, he supposed.

Hydor let out a bitter snort. "They do, unfortunately. An obsession with mining souls and disrupting cycles seems to drive them."

The question she asked was a fair one, and Hydor had gotten used to the back-and-forth of asking questions versus just flooding the other person with questions before they had a chance to talk. "I go here," replied Hydor, simply, shrugging his shoulders slightly. "Live here, too. Most of my civilian life is centered around this campus."

He paused for a moment, before asking, "Are you a graduate student, or are you a professor?" Hydor figured it was safe to assume that she was not simply a teaching assistant.

Graduate student made sense. From what he could ascertain about her age, 'graduate student' seemed to be the right judgment, though he had met some fairly young professors in his time.

Hydor was lost on what to do once he graduated from his undergraduate studies, though he would never admit that to anyone. There was a part of him continued to debate on the concept of becoming one of those overly young people with their Ph.D. It would, at the very least, buy him more time to decide what exactly he did want to do with his life, outside of this.

Perhaps that was a debate for another time.

It was curious that she said that her tutoring was what 'put her in this form' more often. Did she feel she must? Did she feel it her duty as a teacher?

"Hydor, Mesocyclones." He gestured to his outfit, and then to hers. "I have noticed it appears to be difficult to decipher spheres from outfit. I would not have guessed mirages from yours."

Previously, he might have rejected company from the onset, but extensive work with partners such as Eurydike and Faust, and unfortunate events at locations such as The Center, had taught him that perhaps it would be better to accept the assistance. "Sure. If anything, if we come across one, we will likely do more damage together. What is your magic?"

Finally, he let his arms drop.

Hydor snorted at the idea of it being advantageous. He supposed it was. Looking at his outfit, he was fairly sure agents were not expecting to be punched in the face with wind clouds...

He nodded in response to what she said, pondering over it for a moment as she commented on what her magic did. That was certainly useful magic particularly in a team setting, he would think. Pavo could make herself seem injured, the enemy would shift their attention to a different, perhaps stronger, enemy, and then she could strike them down. There were ways they could turn her power into a strategic advantage, especially if paired with another senshi with a complementary power set...

Hydor pulled himself out of his strategic thoughts to give her a response.

"Communication is quite important, yes. Can let each other know if we come across a larger enemy we cannot handle on our own. The more powerful agents have an unfair advantage. They can teleport. They have legitimate weapons. With more of us against them, even despite their advantages, they can lose their higher ground."

Hydor shrugged. "Your abilities sound like they would function excellently if you teamed up with someone, as well as alone if you were dealing with a confident enemy. My abilities are much more forceful. My primary magic at the moment wraps myself or an enemy in a swirling cloud, and in that state, we can wander around, buffet people with winds, or punch them in the face. Fairly effective."

There might have been the faintest hint of a smirk on his face.

"At least, most of the enemies I have dealt with do not appreciate it."

Hydor watched Pavo as she approached, though he did not react to her closer presence any further.

He supposed this was likely about the right time in their conversation for them to stand side-by-side. They had established they would like to work together, after all, whatever that reasoning may have been. It sounded that their powers might have had more utility as a team. They likely would have been able to drive off more of the agents if they were acting as a team, as well...

He nodded at her schedule, eyes rolling up as he evaluated his own in his head.

"Mm. Likely. I live on this campus, so it is plenty easy for me to leave my work briefly or even for an extended period of time to go on a patrol quickly. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I believe I am mostly free in the evenings, though I do have a night class on Thursday. That would mean for that particular day, I am most available to patrol later at night. The weekends are entirely open for me."

At that, his mouth quirked upwards just slightly.

"I have negative interest in partaking in the particular activities most college students are concerned with on the weekends. Preferably, I would rather be left to my own devices, but that is not an option any longer."

He continued, glancing to the side. "Activity seems to increase later in the day, though I would not mind the occasional midday patrol if it appears to make sense. I assume you have a senshi phone? We can add each other to our phones to make this more efficient."