For just a brief moment, Jaakuna thought maybe he might actually walk away from this scot free. He did go a bit too far and knew that as soon as he had heard Belias. He knew this and had hoped that Shion wouldn’t react in the way that he feared she would. When she took his hand and looked at him with a gentle, tender smile, he had the thought that maybe she wasn’t going to do anything violent to him. He thought, in that moment, oh this is going to go exactly the way I hope. However, when she let go of his hand and even before her flower shone faintly with a blue light, he knew exactly what was coming.

And yet, as her foot would make direct contact with his stomach, he didn’t anticipate how strong of a kick she had. He knew she was wickedly strong in every sense of the word, but something about this kick felt just a tad...personal. Surely a bit uncharacteristic for Shion, but perhaps Jaakuna did touch on a sensitive subject. Thankfully, however, Emiri would shove Keiran behind Jaakuna at the height of that kick, or else he’d be dealing with much more than a few bruised ribs. Brightside of all this, that kick shoved any and all hunger he had been feeling. Downside? He shat his pants.

Jaakuna lay there seeing stars for a few seconds until he heard the wisdom of Lorenzo state the three things to never ask a woman. As he came out of his daze, Jaakuna gripped the man’s collar, bringing the Rozarrian prince close, whispering “[color=ed1c24]why didn’t you stop me?[/color]” As he would say that, Nadeline came over to heal both him and Keiran. 

After a few moments,   Jaakuna would be fully healed, only to see Shion walk away but not without giving him a firm reminder that she’s plenty young. It was in that moment that he had thought of a final retort, but then Belias nudged him not to do it. [color=crimson][i]If you value your life, I wouldn’t dare say it.[/i][/color]

Jaakuna was almost going to ignore Belias, but then he caught her glimpse before she walked out. Right then and there, Jaakuna knew that telling her that Francis would sure appreciate that was not in his best interest. Especially if he wanted to walk to Dalmasca. So instead, he would simply wait until she left the Aerodome and her Mist was no longer in Archadia until he would stand up and sit next to Emiri. “[color=ed1c24]Jeez, all I did was tell her one thing and she kicked the crap out of me. Literally.[/color]” Jaakuna pouted, arms crossed and lips puckered. He then looked to Lorenzo, “[color=ed1c24]I mean, it was a fair assessment, right, best friend? Shion clearly looks..beyond her prime.[/color]” Jaakuna hoped to get some support from Lorenzo. Then, as his gaze went to Reia, he said, “[color=ed1c24]kind of like you.[/color]”