Boreal tilted her head at the tiny terror, positively enchanted by Spice's antics. She reminded the larger reptile of another small ice dragon of her acquaintance who answered to Sugar, and the oblivious companion lowered her head to rest on her forepaws so she could be more on Spice's level, wiggling a little with happiness.
Tal was decidedly less happy when Flora gave him the long, slow once-over, making him squirm as he slunk towards the kitchen to deposit the cookies on the counter. Then he only had the lantern in his hands, and he swallowed hard as he tried not to squeeze his fingers around its delicate paper walls. "I, uh... I mean, not usually?" He wrinkled his nose, trying hard not to let his face fall into its habitual defensive scowl. "I come over here a lot, 'specially when I'm tryin' t'get away from my sisters for a bit. Look, I'm sorry 'bout what happened at th'bar. Things didn't really... go th'way I'd hoped." He winced at the understatement. "If you're mad about it, though, I can go work on my lantern somewhere else, I guess...?" He really, really didn't want to, but he couldn't figure out what he'd done this time to make Flora sound so unhappy to see him.
Tal was decidedly less happy when Flora gave him the long, slow once-over, making him squirm as he slunk towards the kitchen to deposit the cookies on the counter. Then he only had the lantern in his hands, and he swallowed hard as he tried not to squeeze his fingers around its delicate paper walls. "I, uh... I mean, not usually?" He wrinkled his nose, trying hard not to let his face fall into its habitual defensive scowl. "I come over here a lot, 'specially when I'm tryin' t'get away from my sisters for a bit. Look, I'm sorry 'bout what happened at th'bar. Things didn't really... go th'way I'd hoped." He winced at the understatement. "If you're mad about it, though, I can go work on my lantern somewhere else, I guess...?" He really, really didn't want to, but he couldn't figure out what he'd done this time to make Flora sound so unhappy to see him.
