Lyle blinked when he was hugged and sighed softly. "You're welcome." he muttered quietly. Hopefully Aria wouldn't get sick, but he had a feeling she would. Especially id she wasn't used to being in the cold for so long. He didn't know anything about ice skating but he did know that it was a cold sport. And very dangerous. The thought of her falling and getting cute by the blade made him wince.But, if that's what she wanted to do then he would just stand back and watch. Of course, if she got hurt he would try to help but he figured Troy would be the one to take care of everything. It irked him just thinking about it. Throughout lunch, they all spoke and Troy explained to them how the travel from his kingdom to this one had gone and all the things he had seen. he seemed pretty pleased.

Lyle was glad that lunch was over, he figured that Troy's aunt and uncle would want to keep talking to his parents so once again he was stuck with Troy and Aria. Not that he minded, but he'd rather be doing something that mattered, not making small talk with someone who was tryinng to take Aria from him. "Troy, what do you do for fun?" Lyle asked troy. Troy thought about this for a moment, "Well when I'm not working I do enjoy taking walks through the kingdom with a friend or two." he answered. Lyle looked at Aria for a moment then looked back at Troy. "What about horseback riding? Ever do any of that?" he asked. Troy smiled, "Of course I do. I suppose that can be considered fun can it?" he answered. "Good, come along." Lyle said and excused himself.

Lyle watched her leave then looked at Troy. "I don't go horseback riding much. Always too busy and when I'm not I'd rather read." he said. Troy chuckled. "Anything to stay indoors?" he asked and Lyle nodded. "Why don't you enjoy being outside?" Troy asked. Lyle was surprised by the question and crossed his arms across his chest. "The answer to that question is not important, really." Lyle answered and frowned. "I'm going outdoors now anyway, so there." he said. "Yes, but you clearly don't want to." Troy pointed out. "I'll be fine." Lyle muttered.

"If you say so. Lead the way." Troy said and followed Lyle out of the castle and over to the stables where Aria was already waiting for them. "She's a quick one isn't she?" Troy commented. Lyle looked at Aria and shrugged. "When it comes to having her fun I suppose she is. Well then, let's get you a horse." Lyle said as he allowed Troy to pick out his own horse. When he did, he started getting it ready and Lyle walked over to Hades to get hiim ready. He glanced over at Troy and smirked. Nothing wrong with a little race right? A race that didn't need to be planned out between the two of them. This was going to be real fun then.

Lyle gently pet Hades' forehead and smiled. "Ready boy?" he asked as he ran his fingers through his mane. It was a nice day outside, it seemed perfect for riding. Lyle thought back to when Aria got lost and hoped she wouldn't go getting lost again. It was day out though so he doubted she'd end up getting lost. Still, the forest was pretty dense so it was a possibilty. Troy made sure to carefully brush the horse properly before getting the saddle on it.

Once Troy had his horse ready, he took it out so that it could walk around for a while and Lyle started getting the saddle on Hades who seemed eager to run off. "Relax boy, you'll get your chance." Lyle said softly. He then climbed on and got Hades to walk around for a moment before they could begin.

Troy listened to Aria and frowned, "I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm glad you were found and brought back to safety. Were you waitiing long?" he asked as he got on his horse. "She was pretty much out there all day. I was up waiting for her, we all were and after a while I got tired of waiting and went out to bring her back. She gave all of us a good scare that day." Lyle said.

"Now, now, don't punish the lady. She said she didn't do so on purpose." Troy said calmly. Lyle shook his head, "I never said that she did so on purpose. I know it was an accident. Still, accident or not, I have a right to be worried. We all know it could have been much worse, I'm just glad it wasn't." Lyle replied honestly. Troy chuckled and shook his head, Lyle was an interesting person and he wondered if he would ever loosen up since he always seemed so tense about everything.

Lyle didn't say anything, he just listened while making sure neither of them traveled off the path. "Books?" Troy repeated and thought for a moment, "I have read some books in life, the last book I read was about a young boy traveling somewhere. He...well he was looking for something that I guess was left to him but the thing he was looking for was not where he thought it would be. So he had to go on a journey of sorts to find it." Troy explained and shrugged. "This was months ago. What about yourselves? Do you read on occasion?" he asked them.

Troy listened and smiled, "Well isn't that nice? Sounds like it can be quite fun." he said softly. "It is." Lyle answered. "I'm sorry for keeping you away from your books. I hope I'm not boring you." Troy said honestly as he looked to both Lyle and Aria. Lyle blinked and looked at Aria then at Troy. "Umm...no of course not. I will admit I wasn't looking forward to this but seeing Aria happy makes it all worth it." Lyle admitted, making Troy laugh softly. "Really now? She's that important to you that you'd torture yourself for her sake?" he asked and looked at Aria with a friendly smile. "Well miss Aria, I'm sure you're flattered to hear that."