Valerion laughed for a good while; then he took in a deep breath, and shook his head, still smiling. "Yes, I don't have the slightest doubt that this won't work. You'll need to think of something else".

"Alright...". Adrien tilted his head as he searched his mind for a good thought to protect himself. He remembered one time in which he had gone to the beach at night with his friends. It was the summer after his last year of high school; he had passed his final exam just the day before, and now he had three whole months of vacation extending before him.