He'd been pretty messed up that day, but now that it was safely in the past Tal was just embarrassed by what had happened. A quest for Ludo gone wrong... "Damnedest luck in all Caido," he agreed ruefully. "Him bein' out there that day. Guess Ludo wasn't ready t'guide me home yet." It was probably holding out for more candy offerings first.
Boreal came shooting out of the budding canopy below, gleefully trailing smoke as a rather singed looking raven chased her, croaking with outrage. Tal groaned and shook his head, refusing to acknowledge the dragon for the moment and instead moving to open the sails and nudge the matic into greater speed for the trip back.
Soon enough they had returned to where they'd started from and he lowered the anchor into the stones again and unrolled the rope ladder. "Ladies first," he said, as gracious as he could manage--
And figuring girls in skirts maybe didn't like guys standing around below them when they were climbing down a ladder.
"So, how're you thinkin' we should do this swimmin' lesson?"
Boreal came shooting out of the budding canopy below, gleefully trailing smoke as a rather singed looking raven chased her, croaking with outrage. Tal groaned and shook his head, refusing to acknowledge the dragon for the moment and instead moving to open the sails and nudge the matic into greater speed for the trip back.
Soon enough they had returned to where they'd started from and he lowered the anchor into the stones again and unrolled the rope ladder. "Ladies first," he said, as gracious as he could manage--
And figuring girls in skirts maybe didn't like guys standing around below them when they were climbing down a ladder.
"So, how're you thinkin' we should do this swimmin' lesson?"
