White text on a black background reading: Ever since their return from the First, Rino has been closer than ever and yet so distant. An increase in intimacy had seemingly come at the cost of the familiar one that the dark knight has grown so accustomed to. Rino no longer joins him to soak, not fully at least, a communal task now seemingly a solitary one. The Viera would simply sit on the side, still near fully clothed, feet dipped in the water but nothing more. Sidurgu had asked the first time but Rino had just laughed and changed subject, an awkward and forced sound, their posture guarded. He knows he lacks the tact to ask in a way that won't make it worse, so he doesn't bother, not yet at least, his curiosity will simply have to simmer with hope it's sated before it inevitably boils over.

Some prepatch EW #SidWOL, noticing a trend of I always write Rino through the POV of other characters #jackidyWIPs