He heard pity in the kid's voice and Tal's jaw clenched against the outburst that pushed against his teeth. Yelling at someone who looked half his age wouldn't make him feel better. Not for more than a heartbeat, at least. But when Jude didn't drop it the courier pushed himself up on his elbow, ready to pack it up and head out.
Of course, hearing that his mother was missing made the courier feel like a proper ass a moment later and he subsided in discomfort to stare up at the stars as an excuse to avoid analyzing his own mixed emotions over the exchange.
At least talk of Halo helped to center him and lift his mood, if only by tickling his competitive streak. "You'll burn easier in Halo," Tal admitted, almost proudly. "But if you're wearin' all your proper layers it'll protect most of you from it." The cold and the punishing sun that reflected from snow and ice as well as piercing down from the sky above.
He could understand the difficulty of Jude's potential employers. Though airships had revolutionized travel between regions it still wasn't instantaneous. Of course, his conversation with Ronin echoed in his thoughts as well and he scowled up at the glittering stars, so dangerously close on a night like this and under this particular sky. "What about a travelin' 'prenticeship?" he tested cautiously.
Of course, hearing that his mother was missing made the courier feel like a proper ass a moment later and he subsided in discomfort to stare up at the stars as an excuse to avoid analyzing his own mixed emotions over the exchange.
At least talk of Halo helped to center him and lift his mood, if only by tickling his competitive streak. "You'll burn easier in Halo," Tal admitted, almost proudly. "But if you're wearin' all your proper layers it'll protect most of you from it." The cold and the punishing sun that reflected from snow and ice as well as piercing down from the sky above.
He could understand the difficulty of Jude's potential employers. Though airships had revolutionized travel between regions it still wasn't instantaneous. Of course, his conversation with Ronin echoed in his thoughts as well and he scowled up at the glittering stars, so dangerously close on a night like this and under this particular sky. "What about a travelin' 'prenticeship?" he tested cautiously.
