Right. Afternoon. Brain functioning again. Mostly.
Whenever I feel like my life is spiraling because two men decided to exist shirtless in my general vicinity, I do the responsible thing.
I open the map.
Maps don't judge. Maps don't remember towels falling. Maps don't replay images in horrifying HD clarity the moment you blink.
The hot spring icon pulsed softly, smug about everything, and just beneath it, half-hidden, like the system was whispering hey, idiot, you forgot this, was a familiar marker.
Hidden material node.
Of course there was.
I stared at it, then sighed. "We're making a detour."
Kael groaned like I'd just personally ruined his entire reincarnation cycle. Zeref, traitor, looked intrigued.
Keiji already had the expression of a man preparing paperwork in his head. Luna smiled because she is incapable of being stressed and I envy her deeply.
