“Fashionably late, I see.” Sothis smiles, approaching the familiar face with a casual ease. Outwardly casual, anyway. Inwardly, she can’t cross the room to their side fast enough. Though of course, she will sooner die than confess just how relieved, perhaps overjoyed, even, she feels to no longer be here alone. It just felt wrong; not being at their side. Like it wasn’t supposed to be.
Despite all her complaining about it during their time sharing a body, now that they aren’t, she doesn’t know if she’ll ever grow accustomed to it…
“And already started quite the collection there. I can’t say I’m too surprised. Ever the popular one at these things, aren’t you?” …Too popular. Their collection already rivals her own — No, exceeds her own! In quantity and diversity! And they haven’t even been here the entire duration! Absolutely not. This cannot stand.
Fumbling with her own makeshift storage for a moment, she retrieves the smallest turtle she can, forcing it into the professor’s palm. Because NOW this is war, and therefore the biggest one must stay with her. So that she can win at turtle charm. Something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve. “Allow me to contribute. Now then, yours as well, hurry up! I can’t very well give you everything I have for free, can I?”
If Byleth was better at emoting, then they would have rolled their eyes at Sothis' comment. "Better late than never" they quip back. Having said that, it was good to see the goddess anywhere but the weird chamber they used to always meet in. "I hope you are enjoying the party so far. Bet it's been a while since you've been able to let loose and dance"
It was hard to imagine Sothis waltzing around an empty room in their mind somewhere (assuming that was how the whole body/mind share thing they had going on works). Byleth glanced down at their charm bracelet, the small charms glinting in the candle light. "What can I say, I work fast" Subtly checking out Sothis' own bracelet they spied a number of charms to match theirs. It was still missing a few but so was theirs so who's comparing.
It was surprising when Sothis rushed forwards and thrust something into their palm. Taking a closer look they saw a small turtle charm. Cute. Fumbling, they attached it to their bracelet and reached for the pouch containing their own charms.
"Here, a seashell just for you" They said handing over the small conch shell charm. "If this is not payment enough, let me offer you the next dance" This was bold on Byleth's part but could be fun. And at least with Sothis' floating they wasn't a danger of treading on her toes.
"Come one! Let's go" Grabbing Sothis' arm, they led the goddess to the dance floor before they could protest.
