Kat and Lily were both very surprised when they walked into the place they were staying. The huts were nice even if Kat understood how why they didn't count as beachfront. They were a good distance from the water, but there WAS a lot of sand around. That sand was the source of Kat's current surprise and confusion. Well, part of it anyway. In the middle of the huts, sat Kress.
Kress had stripped down to just his underwear, though they were at least boxers that covered everything, and was sitting in the sand with a bucket, a shovel, and next to him was a surprisingly good sand castle. Nixilei's eyes narrowed at the sight. Her glare didn't let up even as Kress' head swivelled around to look at the approaching three. His head seemed to sway in an invisible wind for a bit as he looked at them and shrugged, before going back to his sandcastle.
I don't really know how this happened, but the idea of Chill Kress for at least some of this arc really amuses me.