The way to Tal's heart was through his dragon, and he flashed a brief grin at Phoebe at her approval. Feeling her companion's pride, Boreal straightened up a little and gave a little croon as if to tell him 'see? I told you so!'
"Nah, I found her egg out on th'Sea of Glass," Tal explained, tugging one of the dragon's horns playfully. "Um... I think it was... mebbe six years ago now?" He looked down at Boreal for confirmation and she looked back at him and blew a helpful puff of smoke through her nostrils.
Dragons were not always very good at math, it turned out. At least, this one wasn't.
"Did you get yours from a god?" he turned the curious question back on her with a scrub of his fingers over the big dragon's head as she leaned into the scritches with a contented rumble.
"Nah, I found her egg out on th'Sea of Glass," Tal explained, tugging one of the dragon's horns playfully. "Um... I think it was... mebbe six years ago now?" He looked down at Boreal for confirmation and she looked back at him and blew a helpful puff of smoke through her nostrils.
Dragons were not always very good at math, it turned out. At least, this one wasn't.
"Did you get yours from a god?" he turned the curious question back on her with a scrub of his fingers over the big dragon's head as she leaned into the scritches with a contented rumble.
