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A side effect to being able to throw one’s soul around at will is that one learns to decipher others very easily - deep empathy comes naturally to Jericho, and though he hasn’t interacted with Aqualad before he can read the aquatic prince like a book.
Jericho hardly interacts with anyone, in fact, preferring to keep to the sidelines in silence, which is what is so surprising about his compulsion to touch Aqualad on the arm for his attention. Yes, he can read him very well - the young man is far from home and missing the ocean terribly; the longing rolling from him like waves breaking on the shore. Being Teen Titans takes up a lot of their time; and while this occupation is wonderful, old and distant lives get abandoned too quickly.
Jericho knows the feeling. He misses the mountains too; the wide skies and cold wind and fresh air... They’re both very far from home.