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Hessianth immediately knocked L'nik over as if in punishment for his misdeeds. Really, warm affection was passed back and forth between man and dragon as the brown hoisted L'nik back up to his feet. Just come next time! We're tired of being inside! There is a beach waiting for us! he informed his rider, his attention shifting as he watched Shahera move to step back inside. In a single gesture, he set his leg down near the door - just to be safe.

"Hmmm, I don't know if you two are actually ready to go out to the beach with us," he stroked his chin, holding in a desire to laugh and ruin the entire look he was going for. Though it seemed to be just a bit more difficult now that Hessianth was determined to keep re-entry from being an easy task.

"And if we go to the dining hall, we have may end up having to go to our lesson instead," L'nik added to Shahera's observation. Hessianth rumbled unpleasantly at the notion presented to him and instead settled for urging his rider to make sure he hadn't ruined anything in his tumble. L'nik at least went through the gesture of doing so.

He didn't particularly mind the state of his shirt right then, but Shahera's comment had him looking at her. "That would certainly have a few effects. Hard to drag you without anything to drag you by." Hessianth, on the other hand, seemed undaunted by the suggestion; Then we can simply take her naked. I'm sure there is fun to be had with that. Especially if she were to want to swim.

L'nik hadn't expected Shahera to grab onto that comment and Hessianth almost seemed to laugh, as much as a dragon was capable of, at his surprise. Well make sure you answer her and don't spare any details on our behalf, he pushed mentally at the young man before moving to settle closer to Therianth, his tail idly curling around hers. The brown really was the image of contentment.

Which left L'nik to try and not look as though he'd suddenly developed an overly traditional sense of modesty. "Well, it would delay the beach trip significantly, for starters. Or if you wait until we get to the beach it may make our visit go a bit differently than intended. That's all."

Hessianth's surprise was perhaps half of what L'nik's was when Therianth suddenly scooped Shahera up, but it was still there none the less - quickly replaced by humor that rumbled openly to all present. Don't drop her! L'nik quickly thought to Hessianth, more of an impulse than an actual sentence. Such little trust! Your lady is safe up here! he countered in turn, turning his head to look back at his foreign passenger with interest.

Come! Join us! he added after a moment, offering a leg up to L'nik who was far too practiced in climbing his large dragon by now. "Are you alright?" he asked, settling easily into the lean of Hessianth as he stood in turn. They better. I'll carry them both if I must, he said,though it would not be a difficult task to pass off one of them, if Shahera decided she preferred the comfort of her own lifemate instead.

Up with you, then! Hessianth urged L'nik, already offering a leg for the young man to climb up with. Sitting behind Shahera, he patted the brown's neck. With a wuff of air, he moved to the edge of the ledge, spread his wings, then dropped off into a glide. It would only take a few beats of his wings to move upwards enough to mostly coast the rest of the way.

But he'd wait until Therianth joined him before he began his descent.

"Sorry, should've warned you," L'nik offered, though he didn't really seem to mind all that much as Shahera leaned back into him, completely unphased by the usual sway of his lifemate.

If they want to go back after this, they can walk Hessianth turned to glance back at his passengers, making sure they both knew he meant it. As if to ruin the entire thing, however, L'nik quietly noted to Shahera; "He doesn't actually mean that." Or did he? It was better to not test his conviction, especially as he followed after Therianth in a much wider spiral, his feet barely coming to brush over the top of the water before he settled into the sand to allow both of his passengers to dismount.

"If I'm honest, I'm not exactly eager to go back and find us both roped into classes some more," they were important, sure, but it wouldn't hurt to miss a day right?

(Maybe Liat would make him regret that later. But that was later.)

Waiting until both of his passengers were dismounted, Hessianth moved to settle next to Therianth, content to be off that ledge and out in the sunshine again. It felt good on his sore hide where marks left from his beloved lingered.

L'nik took the offered up spot. "I'm sure they will, but I doubt any of them are too much in a rush," surely they'd understand to some degree that the instinct to rise outweighed the logic of having to be up first thing in the morning and everything that followed would simply ruin their schedule, right? But instead of worrying too hard on it, he began to sort through the contents of the basket. "I'd ask if you have knife, but I already know that answer," he added, only half joking.

Taking the offered knife, L'nik shrugged his shoulders lightly. "When they're drawn on me, I'd like to say no, but I don't know how much of last night was my courage or Hessianth bolstering it," he admitted, running a finger over the spot on his chest that had met such a sharp edge. "That you have them, no." That she had been so ready to pull them....perhaps was the same species as his courage - was it her or was it Therianth?

As he spoke, he idly peeled one of the fruits from the basket, slicing off a piece before offering it to Shahera.