"..." The courier cleared his throat, giving up entirely on the sail in the face of such an onslaught of attention from someone he could no longer look away from without making an obvious retreat or risking hurt feelings. "I, uh... you're... you're very good at... at it. At lookin' good, I mean," he managed to get out, knowing damn well that he was being teased and not knowing how to deal with it when it was done with such good-natured cheerfulness.
His eyes dipped once more to the trailing vines that appeared with the shifting and stretching of the courtesan and this time he didn't manage to pull them away from the golden skin and slide of muscles. "Did... did it hurt? Gettin' those tattoos, I mean," he clarified hurriedly, lest the other man think that Tal was going to go for the cheesy 'when you fell from heaven' line.
The mention of the Peregrine finally broke the spell slightly as he shifted to glance at his ship floating serenely at anchor nearby and he hesitated, clearly torn. "I mean... she's not wearin' her sails right now but... if y'just wanted the view from a li'l ways up..."
His eyes dipped once more to the trailing vines that appeared with the shifting and stretching of the courtesan and this time he didn't manage to pull them away from the golden skin and slide of muscles. "Did... did it hurt? Gettin' those tattoos, I mean," he clarified hurriedly, lest the other man think that Tal was going to go for the cheesy 'when you fell from heaven' line.
The mention of the Peregrine finally broke the spell slightly as he shifted to glance at his ship floating serenely at anchor nearby and he hesitated, clearly torn. "I mean... she's not wearin' her sails right now but... if y'just wanted the view from a li'l ways up..."
