@Fraust
"Thanks! Mr. Derlik did it for me." Nix smiled brightly and toyed with his hair a bit. "I don't really know how to do it myself."
"Thanks! Mr. Derlik did it for me." Nix smiled brightly and toyed with his hair a bit. "I don't really know how to do it myself."
Serna nodded slightly.
"I'm sure you'll learn." She glanced at Derlik, who was smiling softly as he held Nix.
"Probably, yeah… I'll figure it out." Nix purred a bit louder as he nuzzled against Derlik.
Derlik smiled a bit more when Nix purred more. He reached up, running his fingers through his hair.
"You still want to go outside?"
Nix nodded a bit as he leaned into Derlik's hand. "Mhmm! Maybe you can bring me somewhere I haven't gone before."
"I see! Well, why don't I take you to…" Derlik thought a moment, walking out of the house as he did.
"Why not go see the lakes? They're really pretty."
"Mmkay! As long as I don't have to get in the water. I can't swim." Nix rested his head on Derlik's shoulder.
"Good! I can't swim well at all." Derlik chuckled, setting off down one of the paths.
"You're tall, though, so at least you could stand up in the water." Nix hummed softly to himself. "I'm short. Taller than Cas, though."
"Yes, indeed. It seems everyone is taller than Cas." Derlik laughed lightly.
"Yeah, he's like five feet tall… he's nineteen, but everybody thinks he's twelve."
"Well- that included me." Derlik laughed lightly.
"It must be frustrating for him," Derlik mused.
Nix nodded a bit. "Yeah… it was kinda funny when miss Serna thought he was, though, since obviously he and Zachary were kissing."
Derlik snorted a bit.
"Oh god, that must have been!" Derlik chuckled more.
"She literally had Cas leave the room so she could have a stern talk with Zachary." Nix laughed. "She's like, 'you know better than that, he couldn't be more than twelve years old'."
"Wow, she must have been so freaked out to lecture Zachary like that," Derlik said with a laugh. He finally stopped, looking out.
"We're here," he said. He motioned around to the area in front of them. There were several lakes, each a shimmering, iridescent color.
"Oooh, pretty~" Nix purred happily as he looked out upon the water, grinning brightly. "How many are there?" He asked.
"Nine," Derlik said. "One for each of the major gods." Derlik walked around a bit, smiling.He paused next to one.
"This one is mine."
"Ooh, you get one all to yourself?" Nix smiled brightly as he looked down at the lake. "Does miss Serna have one?"
Derlik nodded.
"Mhm! It's over there, see?" Derlik pointed to one of the lakes.
"Pretty!" Nix grinned, nuzzling against Derlik affectionately for a second. "What are they for?" He asked.
"Well, they show the mental health of the gods. The dimmer it is, the worse off they are." Derlik hummed. His own lake looked pretty dazzling.
"Yours is really shiny! Whose is the really dull one over there?" Nix asked curiously, pointing to another lake.
Derlik looked over, frowning softly.
"Ah, well, that's…" Derlik trailed off. He knew, but he doubted Nix would want to know.
Nix looked up at Derlik curiously when the other trailed off, clearly not catching on to the problem. "Did you forget?"
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