Everest Hart? Tal perked up at having another name to chase down, but at hearing that it was another kid he deflated a little. Still, if the books were in Halo and he could get a hold of them, maybe he could research skyship flying himself? It was worth a try.
"Well, uh, thanks. Maybe I'll run into him someday." Everest wasn't the only awkward one, as it turned out.
Flora not only didn't answer his question, she turned the flirting up to eleven with a coquettish twirl. But hearing that she was Remi's daughter had quite thoroughly killed the courier's interest, on account of he still wanted to live. Her question still sent alarm bells ringing up and down his nervous system as he swallowed past the vodka burn in his throat and looked desperately around for a distraction--
There was none.
"Oh, uh. I'd say probably, um..." A look of faint panic glazed the courier's eyes as he clutched the champagne glass for sheer life. "Sssss...six...teeeeeen?"
"Well, uh, thanks. Maybe I'll run into him someday." Everest wasn't the only awkward one, as it turned out.
Flora not only didn't answer his question, she turned the flirting up to eleven with a coquettish twirl. But hearing that she was Remi's daughter had quite thoroughly killed the courier's interest, on account of he still wanted to live. Her question still sent alarm bells ringing up and down his nervous system as he swallowed past the vodka burn in his throat and looked desperately around for a distraction--
There was none.
"Oh, uh. I'd say probably, um..." A look of faint panic glazed the courier's eyes as he clutched the champagne glass for sheer life. "Sssss...six...teeeeeen?"
