He dipped the brush into one of the enamel paint pots and began to decorate his buoy, though his strokes were more tentative this time as he sketched in the loose, stylized lines of a playful otter. He glanced aside occasionally to admire Sohalia's progress as well, intrigued by her choice of colors and charms for the beads.
He listened as well as watched, and though her answer was not, perhaps, all that he had hoped for Torchline's sake he still nodded in understanding, a quiet pulse of respect ebbing through the Attuned bond. "Indeed. Torchline is also using this season to improve our docks," he rumbled agreeably. "But we will spend Deepfrost gathering more shells. And we are always open to negotiation." Stormbreak was their ally after all, and Sohalia was dear to his co-ruler. They would always have a space for her at their table while they ruled the coast.
He held up his second lantern to the light, checking his lines with a critical eye before nodding in satisfaction and setting it aside to dry with its companion. "And I have heard it is more pleasant here in Deepfrost than Stormbreak," he added, a sly twinkle in his eyes. "If you return for negotiations then."
He listened as well as watched, and though her answer was not, perhaps, all that he had hoped for Torchline's sake he still nodded in understanding, a quiet pulse of respect ebbing through the Attuned bond. "Indeed. Torchline is also using this season to improve our docks," he rumbled agreeably. "But we will spend Deepfrost gathering more shells. And we are always open to negotiation." Stormbreak was their ally after all, and Sohalia was dear to his co-ruler. They would always have a space for her at their table while they ruled the coast.
He held up his second lantern to the light, checking his lines with a critical eye before nodding in satisfaction and setting it aside to dry with its companion. "And I have heard it is more pleasant here in Deepfrost than Stormbreak," he added, a sly twinkle in his eyes. "If you return for negotiations then."
