In spite of his best efforts Tal felt himself toppling backwards and then his fall suddenly... stopped? Arms of gentle fire cradled him and kept him more or less from taking a complete pratfall.
Physically, at least.
Tanau's 'helpful' assurance had the courier reddening as he looked frantically to Melita's narrow-eyed countenance and back to the god pleadingly. "Huh? But I didn't--!"
But it was, it seemed, too late. The Honeybee wouldn't even look at him and the courier gave Tanau a wounded glare and no thanks at all for making him look even worse in front of someone he'd wanted to impress.
Hangdog, he shuffled back over Alys with a mumbled: "C'n I give you a lift home?"
Physically, at least.
Tanau's 'helpful' assurance had the courier reddening as he looked frantically to Melita's narrow-eyed countenance and back to the god pleadingly. "Huh? But I didn't--!"
But it was, it seemed, too late. The Honeybee wouldn't even look at him and the courier gave Tanau a wounded glare and no thanks at all for making him look even worse in front of someone he'd wanted to impress.
Hangdog, he shuffled back over Alys with a mumbled: "C'n I give you a lift home?"
