Tal grinned, and it was his turn for his chest to puff out under Maea's compliments. "Nah, I'm not that strong," he assured her confidently. "Th'main reason I want it is so that I know when t'run th'fuck away!" Never shy about retreating from a fight he couldn't win, the courier was far more concerned with keeping his skin intact while the demigods slugged it out!
He followed her gaze to the Peregrine, but her next words brought the wrinkle back to his nose and his grin faded. "Yeah, no kiddin'," he grumbled. "That creepy fuckin' voice! Safrin didn't seem t'think they were dangerous, though... well, not yet." Yet was such a terrifying implication, though, wasn't it? If messages could be implanted in their most private thoughts, what else might be done to them?
Maea's joy in her new shift and the friendly teasing that followed was a welcome way to cleanse them of the corruption of their thoughts, and Tal threw himself into it willingly. "Hey! Y'mean y'weren't comin' t'see me?" He gave her his fiercest mock-scowl (which was more of a twitchy pout as he fought the grin that kept trying to return) and crossed his arms over his chest, looking away with a little huff. It lasted about five seconds before he peeked back at her. "So who is it?"
He followed her gaze to the Peregrine, but her next words brought the wrinkle back to his nose and his grin faded. "Yeah, no kiddin'," he grumbled. "That creepy fuckin' voice! Safrin didn't seem t'think they were dangerous, though... well, not yet." Yet was such a terrifying implication, though, wasn't it? If messages could be implanted in their most private thoughts, what else might be done to them?
Maea's joy in her new shift and the friendly teasing that followed was a welcome way to cleanse them of the corruption of their thoughts, and Tal threw himself into it willingly. "Hey! Y'mean y'weren't comin' t'see me?" He gave her his fiercest mock-scowl (which was more of a twitchy pout as he fought the grin that kept trying to return) and crossed his arms over his chest, looking away with a little huff. It lasted about five seconds before he peeked back at her. "So who is it?"
