He'd known of the argument, of course. Hail, he'd gotten Sah drunk and let the Jester talk it out over LongNight, because that's what. Uh. Fellow Halovians did for one another. Not friends. Definitely not friends. Mostly. But it had been half a year since then and so much had happened that he'd almost forgotten. The reminder startled Tal out of his blue funk for a moment and he flashed Delia an understanding grin - a hint of his more usual energy - before her question stiffened his spine in reflexive defensiveness.
It wasn't personal, but he was touchy about his lack of social graces when things had gone as wrong as they had.
Delia didn't mean anything by it, he knew. She genuinely didn't know, and after a few minutes of frosty silence the courier thawed enough to give a miserable shake of his head. "First ever? Nah. But... Um. Last time I had any close friends was... eight years ago, or so?" He grimaced and focused on stepping in Delia's footprints, not deepening them more than a centimeter. "I met lots of people, doin' the Tundra run. Didn't really stick around anywhere long enough for any of 'em t'stick t'me." And before Frey had blessed the Citadel, they'd spent their Deepfrosts snowed in to their own homes with their families. "So... haven't really had any friends to argue with til this past few seasons." Not even a year yet.
It wasn't personal, but he was touchy about his lack of social graces when things had gone as wrong as they had.
Delia didn't mean anything by it, he knew. She genuinely didn't know, and after a few minutes of frosty silence the courier thawed enough to give a miserable shake of his head. "First ever? Nah. But... Um. Last time I had any close friends was... eight years ago, or so?" He grimaced and focused on stepping in Delia's footprints, not deepening them more than a centimeter. "I met lots of people, doin' the Tundra run. Didn't really stick around anywhere long enough for any of 'em t'stick t'me." And before Frey had blessed the Citadel, they'd spent their Deepfrosts snowed in to their own homes with their families. "So... haven't really had any friends to argue with til this past few seasons." Not even a year yet.
