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School. Iro didn't like it much, didn't appreciate being forced to leave home and skip a day out on the seas fishing with her uncles. She'd never been a scholar, either, so on some days when she felt particularly difficult, she elected to simply not attend.

Today was one of those days.

Her mother would never stand for her bumming around at home, but what mother didn't know wouldn't hurt her. Instead of packing up her school books, Iro had stuffed a roomy hammock into her pack, gone down to the water's edge, and strung it up so she could spend her day laying about, watching the boats sail in and out of the harbor.

Certainly not a bad way to spend her time.


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Iro had all but fallen asleep by the time Klaas found her, lulled by the sounds of the ocean and the people nearby. She cracked open an eye when she heard his question - it took her a couple of seconds to realize it must have been addressed to her - and tilted her head sideways to peer blearily at him.

"Me?" she said lazily, and then her face split in an easy grin. "Oh, I'm very alright, could hardly be better. Thank you for asking."

This was the lazy day she'd always needed. There was nothing about it that could give her cause to complain. Still, she knew she'd want to be polite, so with a cat-like stretch, she sat up in the hammock, letting it swing gently under her motion.

"Are you alright?" she echoed back at him. It wasn't the type of small-talk she was used to, but it would have to do. "There's room in this hammock for another, if you want a nice lay-down."