“It needs to be light, non restrictive and lose” He began, knowing that there was a room in the castle somewhere that held what they needed. “So that it dries quickly but also keeps the sun off. There’s a room in here that has clothing from all the nine realms, collected from travellers like me over the years. They might be a bit too big or too small and it may be a bit dated when we go there. But it’s easier than showing up in clothes like this and having to explain why we look so out of place. We don’t need another welcome like we had here.”

He smiled at her as he ran his hand along the wall, letting his eyes close for a moment before he turned down a hallway quickly. He was glad that she seemed very excited about the next place; however it caused him a lot of anxiety too. She was only learning to swim just now. Whilst they were out on the ocean they’d been out on the water the whole time, surrounded by it. If she ever fell in... he shook his head quickly to dismiss the thought. She wasn't incapable of swimming, but a rip or undertow could easily pull her away before he could react.

When they arrived at a set of pail wooden doors. He placed his hand upon it and waited a moment before pushing it inward. Inside he looked around before moving over towards the back left corner where the clothing was majorly white with oranges, yellows and blues but with touches of gray and red as well. There wasn't a lot to pick from, and he stepped back slightly before beckoning Maddy over. “Go ahead and pick anything you like.” He told her he encouraged as he stepped back, figuring that she would be happy that there weren’t any skirts to be found.

There were some pieces that wrapped around the waist and behaved bit like a skirt, but mostly it was knee length baggy pants. Sitting back he let his head flop forwards and he inspected his dirty blonde hair. He really needed to wash it at some point. Between everything it had grown way out and was starting to look more brown than blonde. Besides that he also thought about where they would have to go next. A bit ambitious, he knew, to think they’d succeeded and be planning for that already, but he needed to. Things would only get harder after the One Sea.

The Middle World was too big. It would take too long to locate her. He wanted to avoid certain places as long as possible but he was starting to run out of options. The one sea was big too. It looks like Maddy’s world had to come next. The Outlands and the Underworld were just too risky right now with her level of training. Some worlds were more dangerous than others and it was those worlds he feared bringing her to the most.