Whatever qualms Tal might have had, at least he wasn't dealing with whatever Sah was. He paused immediately and glanced back at his human companion when the Abandoned stopped and swore, pale eyes searching the other man's face for the source of his obvious discomfort. "Yeah... take it easy," he mumbled, reaching out to give his frenemy's forearm a brief squeeze before he sent Boreal a mental command that, for once, she obeyed.
Man and dragon moved quickly towards the altar, opting for speed rather than caution under the circumstances. Tal stuck his hand into his Bag of Holding and brought out the black iron incense holder shaped like a curled dragon, and a supply of incense to go with it. He brushed the altar's surface clean with his sleeve and placed the incense holder exactly in its center. He started to fuss with the cones of incense as well, but a glance back at Sah had him biting his lip and then settling for pushing them together into a small pile in front of the holder.
"Right. Uh, Tanau? If you're listening..." He trailed off, bowing his head as he made his offering and a prayer to go with it for the Longheat deity. Boreal stood guard, wings mantled and tail twitching as she hopped up onto one of the front pews and cast her pale gaze around the room, her nostrils faintly glowing with the fire she held ready in her throat.
Tal finally opened his eyes and pushed to his feet, tilting his chin at the dragon who turned and bounded back towards the wolves. She swallowed her fire and nosed Sah's hair with a smoky muzzle, checking after him in her own way as her human picked his careful way back along the aisle.
Man and dragon moved quickly towards the altar, opting for speed rather than caution under the circumstances. Tal stuck his hand into his Bag of Holding and brought out the black iron incense holder shaped like a curled dragon, and a supply of incense to go with it. He brushed the altar's surface clean with his sleeve and placed the incense holder exactly in its center. He started to fuss with the cones of incense as well, but a glance back at Sah had him biting his lip and then settling for pushing them together into a small pile in front of the holder.
"Right. Uh, Tanau? If you're listening..." He trailed off, bowing his head as he made his offering and a prayer to go with it for the Longheat deity. Boreal stood guard, wings mantled and tail twitching as she hopped up onto one of the front pews and cast her pale gaze around the room, her nostrils faintly glowing with the fire she held ready in her throat.
Tal finally opened his eyes and pushed to his feet, tilting his chin at the dragon who turned and bounded back towards the wolves. She swallowed her fire and nosed Sah's hair with a smoky muzzle, checking after him in her own way as her human picked his careful way back along the aisle.
