[ He knows it's just a game they are playing, but the game is pleasant and the more they walk together, the more he finds that he wouldn't mind seeing what this mysterious stranger can do. Easily brush away the lifeguards, for one, and the fox is definitely interested in that. It makes his skin tingle in some way, maybe in anticipation, just by watching Charlie casually chat and yield results.

Seimei leans in, playfully tugging Charlie to him to murmur. ]

Should we take a detour, then? Let's go somewhere out of the sun. I don't want my protector to wear himself out on the beach. I'll give you a bonus for the good work.

[ The way Charlie plays off what happened makes Seimei more interested in pushing him and finding out his secrets. He already owes him a free answer, after all, maybe he can seduce some information out of the other himself. ]

How about it? Will you let me do something nice for you?