He nodded slowly, letting her hand go as she walked toward the water.  He waited for a moment, looking a round until she said some word that he'd never heard.  It took only seconds before he realized it was someone she had met, well, assuming that 'I brought a friend' didn't mean a sacrifice to some water elemental he'd managed to miss on his first trip here...<br/><br/>Dropping the backpack to the ground, he slowly walked to her leaning over to get a look at her face.  He opened his mouth to make a joke, but he knew now wasn't the time.  Instead, he waited on the shore for her, a smile crossing his lips as he finally did speak.  "Suddenly it makes sense.  But I don't see anyone..." he said, looking around again.  Either they were early or they were late... not that he'd know either way.  There were worst places to take breaks... he just really wanted to talk to Valla.  But that had to wait.