"Damn it, kid, you're a literal walking vita magnet. How the hell did you get so strong?"
Malakai approached his former captain, Rhett, who had somehow been waiting for him at the gates of Crimson Hold.
"How did you know I was coming out?" He smiled for only a brief moment before his expression turned neutral once more.
Rhett didn't look surprised that his question went unanswered.
"A captain always knows." He patted Malakai on the shoulder.
"Ex-captain."
Rhett cleared his throat and turned to Renlo, who had stood straighter.
"Captain!" Renlo saluted, an instinctive action he clearly hadn't grown out of.
"Hey, kid." Rhett smiled, gesturing toward his new limbs. "Digging the new look."
"Haha, they're nothing."
Malakai almost smacked the boy at the back of his head. He was very weak to compliments.
"What are you doing here?"
