Day one: How to romance your boyfriend

Hika returned to the den, and Mortis grabbed his own to-go bag, slinging it around his neck and tucking it in behind his wings. He settled down outside the den, giving Hika some space to figure out what he wished to bring. He came out with a winter coat, and a bag that smelled of soaps. Mortis grinned - hoping his friend wasn’t going to propose a winter bath!

If Mortis noticed the difference in his friend's coat, he didn’t comment on it, except to open up a wing and offer Hika his usual spot at the heirs' side. He lowered his wing down on Hika, a little umbrella against any elements.

“It’s a bit of a hike, you up for it?” he asked, one last double check, that his friend was comfortable for this adventure. Once his friend assured him - again - that he was happy to go on this adventure, Mortis nodded, and they set out.

His companions trailing silently behind them, and Hika at his side, the two of them left the Armada, heading South. “I was thinking we could do a bit of exploring, escape the winter and wander through Auster for a bit” he explained, as they skirted through Ashen territory. Taking the dry way down to Auster, rather than leaping islands like he occasionally did. “Perhaps spend a night in the Castle, too, if were allowed” he suggested.

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