He hadn't expected her to take offense at his offer, and the courier's scowl deepened defensively at her indignant protest. Before he could ask what the hail else a deck of cards could be - though he'd opened his mouth to do so - she explained.
More or less.
Divination caught his attention, though not perhaps in the way she might have hoped. His mouth snapped shut with a click and his nose wrinkled up as he tensed, his annoyed expression turning wary. "Yeah, well, the last diviner I met went around killin' animals an' pokin' around their innards to 'divine' things," he growled, remembering his run-in with the masked Chaele in the Feverlands. That had gone over about as well as a lead balloon...
Not that Alys could have known. But Tal's pale eyes flickered over her, checking for weapons just in case. "So just keep your hands where I can see 'em."
More or less.
Divination caught his attention, though not perhaps in the way she might have hoped. His mouth snapped shut with a click and his nose wrinkled up as he tensed, his annoyed expression turning wary. "Yeah, well, the last diviner I met went around killin' animals an' pokin' around their innards to 'divine' things," he growled, remembering his run-in with the masked Chaele in the Feverlands. That had gone over about as well as a lead balloon...
Not that Alys could have known. But Tal's pale eyes flickered over her, checking for weapons just in case. "So just keep your hands where I can see 'em."
