"Don't worry about it," Reina said to blue. "He just has trouble talking to people he doesn't know. If you give him some time he'll warm up to you." Reina smiled warmly.<br/><br/>Lestat jumped into the water and thoroughly splashed Reina. Reina smiled, "Oh now you've done it!" she shed her cloak and jumped into the water with the rest of her clothes on, leaving blue and Mai alone on shore.<br/><br/>Mai twiddled his fingers some more, now aware that his silence was making things uncomfortable. "Um..." he managed to get himself to say. "Sorry. Am nervous with strangers," he said, his head tilting down and to the side, his cheeks turning a bright red color. He tilted his head down so that his eyes were hidden by the fringe of his hair. "Can't talk right 'cause of mutations..."