Shrieky grins widely and rises to his feet as Ilde arrives. He looks considerably less mysterious and wispy than she does, in his second hand tee-shirt and slightly oversized sweat pants, but pleased to see her never the less.

"Hello! It's good to see you again!" There's still a pang of jealousy there, at the way she can move so seamlessly from water onto land, but he pushes it down into the bottom of his stomach, and pretends it doesn't exist, "So, your home is close to here?"