"Maybe you could learn how to swim properly? I mean, so you can stay above water even in tricky situations?" Of course swimming in the sea was always something quite different than swimming in a pool. "I guess I just never even gave drowning a passing thought." Hope finally said with a bit of a sheepish laugh and a shrug. "I mean, I an swim, but you know, in a pool. Never actually swam in the ocean."
She shook her head at Orion's next comment, smiling wryly. "No worries. I know Mom is protective of me and doesn't like strangers a whole lot. It comes with the..." she hesitated for a moment, but then again, Hagar's trade wasn't exactly a secret. "Comes with the job.." she finally said quietly. "It wasn't your fault. Actually it was mine. I should've known how she'd react to seeing me with someone she doesn't really know." Because it had felt like they weren't complete strangers. Except Hope had been so upset at how her mother had treated her that night that she'd forgotten to ask. But now she remembered. "You've met her before that night, haven't you?" She tilted her head, her brows knitted into a light frown. "You said something about meeting again or something."