[ elysium's squaring away bottles of water, mostly. food isn't as much of a concern when yan's land is as abundant as it is, but he will squint and look for things that are higher and denser in calorie count. ]

Mm. I almost forgot, but we should get our story straight before we dock. [ spoken as he quietly rummages through more cupboards. ] If we tell people we're runaway lovers from Iberia, I don't think anyone will ask anything beyond that.

[ iberia being the way it is doesn't make them being armed and adept that much of a surprise, either…

but then he pauses, falls silent, and goes completely still before he moves on and pretend it'd never happened. ]

… Going forward, we'll have to keep in mind that my options for employment are a lot more limited. I might really have to become an author, huh.