"Well well, I'm amazed you're out n' about, I woulda assumed you'd be takin' every opportunity to soak up a little peace n' quiet now that school's out." Mal's greeting is pleasant enough as he catches sight of Lachlan, balancing his weight on his cane and shifting his lemonade into the space of his elbow long enough to drag the other man into his usual sidelong hug. "Or, like the kids insist, they'd just have put you in the teacher's lounge over the season and then let ya out when you're needed again." He's teasing, that much is clear, and aside from his braced knee and usual cane, he seems in high spirits. "I'm gonna apologize in advance, by the way, second we got here, Robin tracked down Sofie and handed 'er his spare watergun- I tried to stop 'im, of course." He motions to the only part of his getup that's wet at all- two streaks of water down the front of his shirt. "Went about as well as one might expect."
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