It isn’t newfound. I hosted the Seven for decades, did I not?

( so very rude, barbatos!

but his smile is wistful as he follows after venti. he considers it, then peels off his jacket and neatly sets it beside the water along with his boots that he meticulously undoes. maybe he’ll spite the spirit of childe by taking a dip, he thinks, as he rolls up his sleeves. )

It would be unfair of me, as a host, to let you be the only one to suffer wet clothing.