Lance grinned to himself under the water, swimming up behind her and grabbing her waist when she least expected it. If it had been Molls or Hel, he wouldn't have dared because they would've murdered him, but at least he could count on being able to try to grin his way out of it with Valmae.
Surfacing, he wiped the water out of his eyes and pushed his hair back off his face.