[se] Everything must have a beginning

The deep voice was pretty recognizable even before Tal looked over to see the Flood ambling over the flat meadow from the nearby sea. "Hey, Sunjata," he called back, a little surprised to see Hotaru's beau down here, and not wearing much above the waist. He shook his shaggy hair out of his eyes, blinking as he tried to reconcile what he was seeing. As the courier's eyes drifted down they widened, an explosive whistle escaping before his brain could apply any filters on the first thing that popped into his head.

"Frey's tits! What th'hail happened t'you?" Tal exclaimed, before remembering that he was talking to his new, uh... Archon? Which sounded like a fancier sort of king, maybe, and the courier's ears promptly turned pink as he reached up to rub fiercely at the back of his neck with one hand, flustered and suddenly finding reasons to look anywhere but at the other man. "I mean, uh... sorry. It's nice t'see... um. I'm lookin' for... y'know..." he gestured a little helplessly as Boreal swooped down to snag a board hidden in the grass and carried it over to the two men as she flew, as proud as could be. She dropped it close enough that it almost landed on the courier's foot, and Tal hopped aside just in time, glaring up at her as she soared away with a wicked chortle.

"Hey! Watch where you're droppin' those!"