Suddenly feeling a bottle of wine in his hand, Ruli looked down to inspect it before glancing to the source. Kire. Naturally. She said she owed him one. He raised it, angling his head as he gave her a playful salute with it before he followed Ysaryn and Ed down toward the shore, his boots kicked off before he'd even left the caves. 

One the shore, Ruli sat in the sand a ways off from the water, among Gavin, Elva, and the others. Ysaryn, in a move against the breeze, braided her hair quickly and tugged at a few of the folds of her dress, letting it fall more loosely. Beneath ir, her black pants and the black cloth around her breasts were exposed as she leaned back in the sand, propping herself up on her elbows to watch the children wander. 
They were an enigma to her. She'd spent so few times around children, Aeron being the only one here that crossed her path frequently. Even if she knew they were not all that many years younger than her, and probably close to Gavin in age, there was something about conversing with them that was so different. 
"Now that I live here, I don't think I could go back to the desert or the mountains." Ruli commented, watching the water lap the sand lazily. "The views when the sun goes down can't be matched." He uncorked the bottle Kire handed him and took a long drink. Immediately, Ysaryn held out her arm to demand a drink. "[i]I think you've had enough[/i]."
"[i]I think that sort of talk is going to get you pushed into the water[/i]." Ysaryn retorted, just as Myka pushed Kire into the water. She gestured to the sputtering empress, raising her eyebrows threateningly. Reluctantly, Ruli handed over the bottle.