The voice penetrated Tal's star-struck awe of the sky above, startling him and the dragon both. Boreal raised her head sleepily with a disoriented chuff of confusion and she swung her broad head right into Tal's chest as he was starting to sit up and turn around. Instead he was knocked back to the floor, his head bouncing off the planks with a thunk and a hiss of pain from the courier. He ended up just tilting his head back from the ground, looking at the stranger upside-down as Boreal yawned mightily and then turned around to examine the boy as well - stepping on Tal's diaphragm in the process and knocking the breath out of him as she gave a curious Baruuuar? of greeting.
Tal, meanwhile, groaned eloquently and waved a hand in either reassurance or a plea for help - it wasn't quite clear, given the circumstances.
Tal, meanwhile, groaned eloquently and waved a hand in either reassurance or a plea for help - it wasn't quite clear, given the circumstances.
