Lunise had barely even picked up her bowl before Julan made her look up with surprise once again. She took a short breath in. "A swim? I..." she let out part of her breath, at a loss for words. "Oh, I couldn't, it is rather late in the evening and I am rather fatigued."

"I'll swim," Rhazii said nearby. "Anything to wash out this sand."

"I think I shall swim as well," Sabine added with a smile.

"Huh," Fendros said in realisation. "We swim a lot when we're near water, don't we?"

Janius grinned. "Meesei, if your new partner is to be one of us, I think she should take the rite of passage and swim, don't you think?"