Looking down and to one side for a moment, Fendros shifted and laid down on his back next to Ahnasha, still holding onto her hand. "You're strong," He said, looking beside himself at her, "Things will turn out fine, I'm sure." He move his head forward and kissed her. Even though he had his worries, Fendros knew that all things considered, the odds were in their favour. As long as he and Ahnasha stayed strong, he had a feeling that more good was going to come from the future than ill. "You know," he started with a more lighthearted tone, "your feet seemed to make you twitch and laugh. You wouldn't happen to be..." Fendros pressed his thumb roughly in a spot near Ahnasha's kidney, "... ticklish, would you?"

"Hmm. Well, while we're here I suppose it would be a good idea." Ariel said, nodding once, "If I'm going to be living in such a place I'll probably need to learn how to swim." Her brow creased and she looked at Meesei "Didn't you teach Sabine to swim? I would have thought..."

Ariel trailed off as Sabine drifted up to her and tugged on her arm. "Follow," She said softly.

Even though she glanced to the rest of the pack with a look of confusion, Ariel didn't put up any resistance as Sabine pulled her to a spot in the water out of the way from the pack. With a series of gestures, and a small number of words, Sabine began to demonstrate and instruct Ariel on some basic facets of swimming; kicks, strokes, floating, breathing. They remained in the shallows, but where needed, Sabine proved strong enough to hold Ariel above the water for certain instructions. It was all a bit unexpected, but Sabine seemed rather enthusiastic about teaching her sister how to swim. Ariel appeared to be receptive, but was definitely uncomfortable. She seemed to learn the bare basics quickly, however.

"I've never seen Sabine being so open with someone." Janius observed, now upright in the water and watching the two, "I wonder what's got into her that she's... not so reclusive today."