Waiting on the sky to change

Eira would spot Boreal first, though the pale dragon was well-camouflaged against the pale snowy clouds of the Leafchange sky. She paced her companion high overhead, lookout for a herd or lonely straggler he could hone his rudimentary skills and his god-given weapon on.

Curving back on an updraft to gain a little more height, she spotted Eira in return and warbled a greeting to the gryphon before angling her wings down to pass the message along to the courier. Tal slowed the team and turned to glance over his shoulder, eyes widening at the sight of a giant white bear loping towards him. It was hard to convince himself to come to a stop and wait for that predator's approach, trusting implicitly to Boreal's assurance that it was an Attuned and not a hungry beast heading his way.

It was harder to convince the sled team to slow their run, but his lead dog trusted him and Boreal both and she brought the others to a halt as Tal set the snowbrake and turned to face his - he hoped - former Warden with a resigned uncertainty and no clear idea of what could have set the older man on his track today except another tragedy back in the Citadel.

"Noah? Is that you?"