#cryptostar

    His homeland was Roznítit and he had already heard muted whispers about his lands and his father creeping into his earshot which he had ignored. His glamour was a faded thing here, no reason for it and yet he kept the human like appearance not wanting to expose the fact he was back here.  He had a way around here even if it had been centuries or longer since he last had been here.  He knew that because he knew this one was one of the countries he had been trafficked to during the rainy season because you couldn't run in the acid and his magic had been limited in those times. The neon signs had been haunting and almost a taunt then.

  None the less the waters were they are at, they're made for people visiting here. There are people that come and go, fae that come in and out of the city and Gods alike. Humans more or less were owned by them, and sometimes fae were owned but it was rare and it was more or less not a common thing. It was normally a debt or promise that kept them in chains and Kiran knew that one first hand.  The villa along this lagoon had been his own. He had escaped here once or twice here before being exiled to earth and that had felt so long ago.

    Standing here with Magnus is different. He allows himself to look over the vast waters, there's a discomfort on being in water for too long. It mostly had to do with almost being drowned in his early years. Standing here now feels so different after being gone for so long and he's looking out into endless waters.  Kiran's clothing is light, not over the top, lose clothing to match the weather but he allows himself another look towards the waters as if in awe from the blue.

         "I know it's a lot to take in..." He gets out and his voice is softer not as raised. They are not in the inland, they'd have to move more in if Magnus wants anything, or if they want to find food for Kiran to cook, not all food from earth exists here either, well some of it does just not everything is local. trading during seasons gives more but right now only certain things are around.   " Aasha is the name of this land." He says to him making small conversation. "It seems like a massive island sometimes, I spent a few decades hidden here." He says to him, his past is creeping back to him not in the worst way but he can't hide the fact memories exist here.

   He allows himself to sit on the beach, and he has Magnus come sir beside him, and he watches the water and how the lush green is around it. "Summers here have acid rains that wash all this green away, it's not summer right now despite what the colander would say for Earth."  His fingers reach to Magnus's out of habit. It's weird to be here with someone who matters so deeply. Kiran listens to the waves for a moment. "First time I got clean, I was sitting out here, sweating and cursing and I kept asking for something, anything to get rid of that feeling." He hasn't talked about this to anyone. He shouldn't be talking about it now.

         "I..." he pauses. "I'm sorry, you just got dragged into so much and I.." there's that. "Kai dragged you into my war and even if it's peaceful here. I just..." he feels magnu's rub his fingers over his knuckles trying to sooth him. "I need to get out of my head." it sounds so much harsher than wat it is and kiran feels like he's drowning alive again.

         he shouldn't have brought him here and yet he can't escape that.  he squeezes his hand hard, trying not to fall apart here. he's trying to not break trying to not break. He leans more on him than he should, and even though he knows no one would see them he's paranoid because of his history. because of what he was to people here.  "Don't leave my side here, I don't trust anyone." kiran says to him and he can feel him rubbing his fingers on his knuckle as if to soothe him.

          "It's not bad here just people get sold and traded here."  kiran says and he can remember trying to run away from the lights and the neon and it's a jarring memory. "You might see parts of me that are not so pretty-" Magnus presses his face into his collarbone, and kiran breathes in his scent hard. breathes it in like there isn't anything else there, no beach no nothing just tangles himself in the scent, and breathes sharp.   'don't let anyone find out i'm here." he whispers to him and feels warm breath on his neck and fingers being a calming thing.

        faint mutters into his ear, that make kiran's brain detach for a moment.  Magnus pulls him down, the other lying on the sands and pulls kiran so he's lying on him, feeling that heartbeat but also letting him breathe and breathe and breathe.  that soft little "shhhh." from the other and kiran gets lost in the sound of it. gets lost and lets his brain just listen to the sound of his breathing.