Well, Tal had never asked either, so that left them both in the dark for now. Maybe next time he saw Sunjata he'd remember to bring it up, but at the moment he had a job to do.
And a lovely distraction to try to keep his eyes off of so he didn't miss any spots on the sails that might wear through and tear in a storm before his next maintenance day.
His best intentions fell apart in a drop of blood and a sudden excitement at realizing he wasn't the only ex-Halovian around. It was a stronger reaction than he could have expected, relief and a weird feeling of camaraderie bringing the grin to his face as he abandoned the sails again to give Thorn his full attention. He missed the other man's tone, too buoyed by their shared birthplace to pick up on the key social cues that got most people through the day.
"Yeah, that sounds like Dierdre," he admitted with a lopsided grin. "A glare like a glacier an' a heart soft as ningo-down. Huh. Small world." He shook his head ruefully, but his usual scowl had faded away like mist before sunshine and he turned back to the sail with a decidedly more cheerful lift to his shoulders. "So when'd y'kite out an' spread your wings? Did y'get out before th'War?"
And a lovely distraction to try to keep his eyes off of so he didn't miss any spots on the sails that might wear through and tear in a storm before his next maintenance day.
His best intentions fell apart in a drop of blood and a sudden excitement at realizing he wasn't the only ex-Halovian around. It was a stronger reaction than he could have expected, relief and a weird feeling of camaraderie bringing the grin to his face as he abandoned the sails again to give Thorn his full attention. He missed the other man's tone, too buoyed by their shared birthplace to pick up on the key social cues that got most people through the day.
"Yeah, that sounds like Dierdre," he admitted with a lopsided grin. "A glare like a glacier an' a heart soft as ningo-down. Huh. Small world." He shook his head ruefully, but his usual scowl had faded away like mist before sunshine and he turned back to the sail with a decidedly more cheerful lift to his shoulders. "So when'd y'kite out an' spread your wings? Did y'get out before th'War?"
