"Good girl," she teases.

Sable giggles and grins. "Seems like you've got a lot of leeway to observe. How much have you overheard?"

May brings one sweater-wrapped hand to her chin, humming thoughtfully. "Enough to know about Hibiscus, and to know you girls have given up on the external world," she finally says.

"Good to know," Sable replies. "Last question, I think. Any better advice for getting individual builds for each Pirate than just spending external money to buy more ability trees, or just any build advice in general?"

"I don't think so. Best suggestion I have is to chase the interesting quest hooks, because those usually keep you full up on XP. That and the ability trees thing is it."

Sable nods. "Thanks for the tip, May. And thanks for everything you do to keep us all sane."

"Glad to help." She tilts her head for a moment. "Looks like Hyacinth is getting close to the temple. Want me to send you back now?"

"Sounds great, thanks. See you next time!"

"See you! Tell Hyacinth hi for me."

And then the room fades out, and the Pirates find themselves in a temple to the goddess Creation, stepping out of the mists.

Sable pats herself down and checks her inventory, finding that the only things she lost are some XP and a bit of the meat. Convenient.

She steps out toward the entrance.

Hyacinth is standing by the entrance and stress-optimizing. You can tell by how her eyes make little wiggly motions back and forth at nothing. 

She doesn't seem to have noticed Sable.

Sable sneaks closer and then hugs Sin tightly.

"Yeeep!"

And then she breaks down laughing and hugs Sable very firmly.

She lays her head on Sable's chest and smiles softly. 

"I was scared for a moment there... It looked real bad."

She squeezes Sable.

"You're back, though."

Her smile lingers as she nuzzles into Sable softly.

Sable snickers at Hyacinth's yelp.

Then she smiles softly and squeezes her tightly. "Yep. We're back. Not going anywhere. Wanna head back to our room and hear the story?"

"Yeah. I sorted out Cocoa's gear damage with the funds I had on me. I, uh, kind of shoved a couple crowns at him and told him to take a hike. Not in those words, obviously, but it was stressful to have him standing right there while I was waiting for you. I should probably apologize."

Hyacinth squeezes Sable again. "Love you. Let's head back."

"Love you too," she replies with a squeeze of her own, before starting back toward the inn. "Yeah, probably worth apologizing, ideally we can handle it nice and easy on the way back to our room. Maybe he'll be having a drink to unwind after that."

"Maybe, yeah. We'll see." 

She falls in next to Sable, still holding her hand.

Sable squeezes Sin's hand with a soft, warm smile. "Turns out she is extremely chill, by the way."

"Oh. Cool."

Hyacinth flushes a little and looks away.

She lets go of Sin's hand to wrap around her waist and squeezes her close, giggling. "You're adorable. Just unbelievably cute at all times."

Hyacinth giggles. "I try!" 

She darts up and kisses Sable's cheek.