If he'd thought the Wild Thunder would mock him or use his hurt against him Tal would never have admitted the sordid tale. It was only because they'd been through so much together that he gave Sah the same honesty that his frenemy had once given him, when it was the younger man's heart that had been sore and wounded. And it wasn't that his own was broken. He'd had a crush on her, sure, but he'd never really gotten to know her well enough to fall in love.
But he'd been nursing that crush for a long time, and her near-violent rejection had still done a number on him.
The unexpected suggestion drew a bark of laughter from the courier, but it was a sound of relief, self-deprecating and grateful all at once. "Hail... maybe I would," Tal admitted ruefully. "Leastwise it couldn't hurt. Might even help a bit t'get it all off my chest. Been carryin' that torch too long anyways, y'know? It was past time t'set it down." He cleared his throat gruffly, eyes on the stars above rather than risking meeting Sah's gaze and revealing just how much the offer meant. "Thanks."
But he'd been nursing that crush for a long time, and her near-violent rejection had still done a number on him.
The unexpected suggestion drew a bark of laughter from the courier, but it was a sound of relief, self-deprecating and grateful all at once. "Hail... maybe I would," Tal admitted ruefully. "Leastwise it couldn't hurt. Might even help a bit t'get it all off my chest. Been carryin' that torch too long anyways, y'know? It was past time t'set it down." He cleared his throat gruffly, eyes on the stars above rather than risking meeting Sah's gaze and revealing just how much the offer meant. "Thanks."
