Janius quietly repeated the correct words to try and remember them, [i]"It would be my blea-"[/i]

Then everything was water. It was all such a complete surprise that it took a moment for his eyes to adjust and see Kaleeth pinning him to the riverbed with that mischievous grin of hers. He didn't quite need a breath just yet, so he simply looked back at her for a moment. His shocked expression curled into a daring smile. He didn't even think, he just pushed his head forward and kissed her into her grin. It was more with the purpose of embarrassing her enough to get her off him, but he would be lying if he claimed that he didn't want to kiss her.

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It was disappointing to Sabine that she couldn't know what the other two rituals were, but at least Thorantilth answered her original question. Knowing the final ritual was something that piqued Sabine's interest though. She only knew that it had something to do with connecting to the Hist. if it was anything like [i]The Lost Communion[/i] book from the trial, then it would just include drinking Hist sap, but Sabine wanted a clearer answer. 

"Tell me about the ritual." Sabine looked up at Thorantilth for this one.