Merrion/Ari/Drake/Open
One, two, three... One, two, three... He was determined not to step on her toes again, and he hoped that if he stayed focused, it wouldn't be an impossibility.
"Huh?" She'd responded to his question, and it was a good thing that his ears tuned into her to catch what she said. He managed a laugh through his counting. "He was probably hiding me from you!" he joked. Surely, it was something that just had slipped Drake's mind. He would have mentioned to Merrion about knowing the amazing Arielle Chiaro! Though for years? Well, Merrion supposed that the topic never really did come up, maybe. "I wouldn't be--oops!" He had accidentally bumped into another pair, and he sheepishly grinned an apology, but now his rhythm had fallen apart. After a moment of regaining his posture, he began again. The spars he had with the other red mages in weapons training were certainly easier than this! Now he knew what Maria had meant by healing.