[ even if that hadn't been what lance had meant (at the time), don't be too comfortable being scandalized ok.......................... ]

I dunno, I'm kinda tired from the long walk it took to get here...

[ he hadn't intended to leave, either. he likes it here, as they'd established; and besides, going back home meant they wouldn't be alone anymore, and he isn't quite ready for that yet. ]

We could get out of the water, find some place to dry off for a bit?