Vanyel seems more embarrassed, and turns his back before starting to undress. Brightstar is already splashing around in the lower pool.

"Is it customary to do this part in the nude?"

Moondance gives him a confused look. “How else would you do it?”

"My native culture has swimming specific outfits." He shrugs and starts taking his clothes off.

"The noble ladies usually keep their undergarments on if they're bathing in the river in summer," Vanyel offers. "Oh, right, and I guess it'd be less costly, to have extra sets of clothes just for swimming, if you can make as many outfits as you want."  

Moondance, about to slip into the pool, stops and then turns. "Starwind! Ashke, there is someone you must needs meet." 

Another tall, slender man with waist-length white hair strides into the clearing. He takes Moondance's shoulders, kisses him, then turns to look around. 

"- Vanyel! We were not expecting you. And this is...?" 

"This is Cam. He's, er, from another world, and he has a different kind of magic - he can make any object. We came to...ask Moondance for advice." 

Moondance shrugs, helplessly. "They wished to consult my - sense of the future, that the Goddess grants me. They were...worried, that - something Cam does will have bad effects, in the future. But I have not felt anything yet." 

Starwind turns to Cam, frowning. "Why do you fear that?" 

"Cam, do you want to explain what happened, or should I?" 

"I went to Karse and a guy got possessed by presumably-Vkandis, delivered a dire prophecy, and set me on fire for good measure. I would like to know what exactly the problem is so I can tread more carefully, but just doing nothing is a lousy option since people will, like, starve, and stuff, and I can make arbitrary material objects."

"- You can create food? As much as you wish? That...is very powerful." 

"I can create lots of stuff, food is just one of the more salient options." He makes himself a taquito and eats it in one bite.

Brightstar stares in awe, then hops out of the pool and runs over, water flying everywhere. "Wow! Can I have one too? What was that?" 

"Ground beef and cheese in a fried flatbread!" He gives Brightstar one.

Brightstar munches it down. 

"Can you make other things too? I like sweet things." 

"Brightstar, ke'chara, remember when you ate too much at the Midwinter feast and made yourself ill? You do not need to taste all of the desserts Cam knows at the same time." 

"But dada, what if he knows lots and lots and he's only here today?" 

"I could leave you a basket full of them and you could just try the ones that would melt, today."

"All right!" Brightstar bounces up and down with excitement. 

Awww. 

Brightstar can try ice cream and cheesecake and panna cotta and various other not-shelf-stable desserts.

He's so excited! He doesn't like the cheesecake as much, and offers it to his parents instead, but he asks for seconds of the ice cream. 

"You should make some for Vanyel too," Moondance says, smiling and leaning his head on Starwind's shoulder, his feet dangling in the water. "Vanyel, Wingbrother, you are too thin. You need to eat."