It starts small; Lucy finds a shell sitting on the railing where she first stood and spotted the Sea Girl. She dismisses it out of hand as just one of the sailors of the Dawn Treader leaving a treasure of theirs out, forgotten. She takes it, mostly for safekeeping, since she doesn't want such a beautiful, delicate thing to break from a careless accident.
A few hours later, she finds a bouquet of the sea lilies, tied with seaweed, waiting for her in the same spot. That gives her pause, since she was sure Caspian had ordered the flowers to be left alone since they were already making a mess with the ship going through them. Still, though, they are lovely and Lucy has to hurry and get them in water before they wilt.
The shepherd's crook she finds the next morning cinches it; no sailor would have a good excuse to bring such an unwieldy thing onboard and it looks too much like the Sea Girl's crook to be a coincidence. Has she been following them? Lucy hopes with a thrill that she is--she really had regretted not trying to make contact though their eye's meeting had only been a scarce as a minute. She takes the crook and gives it an experimental wave--it has good heft. She could easily crack someone's head with it, always a plus in her book. She takes it to her quarters, for safekeeping.
It is evening when she finally tells Edmund and the others about the gifts--she couldn't really hide the existence of a tag-a-long, for safety's sake--and when she takes them to the railing, to show them the place she kept finding the presents, instead of a present, it's the Sea Girl waiting for them there.
They all stand, gawking at each other. And then, to their surprise, the girl speaks in perfect, if oddly accented, English at them. "You have accepted my gifts. I'm honored that you have accepted my proposal. We wed at your convenience, my lady."
There is a silence for a long time, but an awkward giggle escapes Lucy's throat and before she can stop herself, she turns to Caspian and says "Fancy that! I got engaged on this trip before you did!"
Lucy/Sea Girl, i'll make this pairing a thing even if i'm the one who has to write every fic for it
A few hours later, she finds a bouquet of the sea lilies, tied with seaweed, waiting for her in the same spot. That gives her pause, since she was sure Caspian had ordered the flowers to be left alone since they were already making a mess with the ship going through them. Still, though, they are lovely and Lucy has to hurry and get them in water before they wilt.
The shepherd's crook she finds the next morning cinches it; no sailor would have a good excuse to bring such an unwieldy thing onboard and it looks too much like the Sea Girl's crook to be a coincidence. Has she been following them? Lucy hopes with a thrill that she is--she really had regretted not trying to make contact though their eye's meeting had only been a scarce as a minute. She takes the crook and gives it an experimental wave--it has good heft. She could easily crack someone's head with it, always a plus in her book. She takes it to her quarters, for safekeeping.
It is evening when she finally tells Edmund and the others about the gifts--she couldn't really hide the existence of a tag-a-long, for safety's sake--and when she takes them to the railing, to show them the place she kept finding the presents, instead of a present, it's the Sea Girl waiting for them there.
They all stand, gawking at each other. And then, to their surprise, the girl speaks in perfect, if oddly accented, English at them. "You have accepted my gifts. I'm honored that you have accepted my proposal. We wed at your convenience, my lady."
There is a silence for a long time, but an awkward giggle escapes Lucy's throat and before she can stop herself, she turns to Caspian and says "Fancy that! I got engaged on this trip before you did!"