Tal managed not to squirm as Noah sang the current Warden's praises, though his eyes dropped to Boreal's impatient rumble as she got a whiff of blood from a nearby alley. The dragon was intrigued and a little hungry, but Tal rested a hand on her head, scratching at the base of her horns to keep her at his side as the Sentinel made his case.
And it wasn't like it was a hard case. Delia was his friend, and he missed her terribly since motherhood had cut down on their chance to spend any time together. She was understandably distracted and he was busy and... well, like he'd told Noah, mildly terrified of babies, so he hadn't exactly been going out of his way to visit, either.
Maybe this would be a good excuse to remedy that?
"Nah, it's... it's not too much. I'm just..." He drew a breath and then shrugged his shoulders before jamming his hands in his pockets and looking down at their feet. "I don't want t'let anyone down. Not my job. An' not you an' Delia. I can definitely check in with her every time I'm home, though." He perked up a little, shoulders straightening a bit from their anxious slump. "An' I can ask my sisters t'stop by when I'm not around. They'd be a lot more use with th'kids than me, anyways." Well, maybe not Lexi, but his two oldest were a deft hand with a toddler or two!
He finally risked a look up - and up - from beneath his scruffy shock of dark hair, almost shy as he nodded his agreement. "An' I can help you with your quest whenever I'm deliverin' here, too. What's Vi got y'doin' anyways?"
And it wasn't like it was a hard case. Delia was his friend, and he missed her terribly since motherhood had cut down on their chance to spend any time together. She was understandably distracted and he was busy and... well, like he'd told Noah, mildly terrified of babies, so he hadn't exactly been going out of his way to visit, either.
Maybe this would be a good excuse to remedy that?
"Nah, it's... it's not too much. I'm just..." He drew a breath and then shrugged his shoulders before jamming his hands in his pockets and looking down at their feet. "I don't want t'let anyone down. Not my job. An' not you an' Delia. I can definitely check in with her every time I'm home, though." He perked up a little, shoulders straightening a bit from their anxious slump. "An' I can ask my sisters t'stop by when I'm not around. They'd be a lot more use with th'kids than me, anyways." Well, maybe not Lexi, but his two oldest were a deft hand with a toddler or two!
He finally risked a look up - and up - from beneath his scruffy shock of dark hair, almost shy as he nodded his agreement. "An' I can help you with your quest whenever I'm deliverin' here, too. What's Vi got y'doin' anyways?"
