He had plenty of work to do keeping the Peregrine ship-shape and clean as a whistle, so he'd put the day to good use while waiting for Soh's ship to arrive. Inspecting the hull and sails and going over every inch of her rigging for repairs had kept him busy until he'd seen the big beauty from Stormbreak pull into the port. He finished the splice on the section of rope he'd been working on and then stowed it methodically before trotting over to the other side of the dock where the larger inter-region vehicles landed.
He grinned as her familiar trill cut through the shuffle of the disembarking passengers and stepped forward to meet her. He'd been worried about his friend but she'd been strong and brave while they'd been in the Feverlands, and the last time he'd stopped by in Stormbreak on a delivery run, she'd been out of town. He hoped that meant that she was recovering in her own way and time...
Or else doing what most good Halovians did, and repressing the trauma deep, deep down inside where it could safely fester until they died.
...Okay, so maybe his people's traditional coping mechanisms weren't the best.
"Soh! Y'made it!" He grinned and started to step forward, possibly going for a hug--
And was almost knocked on his ass as a familiar basso voice caroled her own greeting and swept down from the sky, shouldering Tal aside and catching him right behind the tender knee joint with a folding wing as the big companion trotted forward and sat herself directly in front of Soh with a cheerful rumble of greeting, scaly tail sweeping the wooden planks of the dock.
He grinned as her familiar trill cut through the shuffle of the disembarking passengers and stepped forward to meet her. He'd been worried about his friend but she'd been strong and brave while they'd been in the Feverlands, and the last time he'd stopped by in Stormbreak on a delivery run, she'd been out of town. He hoped that meant that she was recovering in her own way and time...
Or else doing what most good Halovians did, and repressing the trauma deep, deep down inside where it could safely fester until they died.
...Okay, so maybe his people's traditional coping mechanisms weren't the best.
"Soh! Y'made it!" He grinned and started to step forward, possibly going for a hug--
And was almost knocked on his ass as a familiar basso voice caroled her own greeting and swept down from the sky, shouldering Tal aside and catching him right behind the tender knee joint with a folding wing as the big companion trotted forward and sat herself directly in front of Soh with a cheerful rumble of greeting, scaly tail sweeping the wooden planks of the dock.
