Tal nodded slowly as she listed the dangers of the Grounds, though he might have been a bit relieved that she was already familiar with some of Hak Etme's deadly peculiarities already. "Yeah, good point," he agreed, lips twitching into a rueful smile. "Sorry... didn't mean t'get overprotective there." He might have meant well, not wanting to lose his newest official friend so soon, but it wasn't his business to try and wrap anyone else in wool and straw, like a shipment of fine glassware in the Peregrine's hold.
He risked a glance over at the petite lady lounging on Boreal and caught her smile, which only made the flush on his neck and ears more pronounced as his own smile widened. And when Maea said that they'd already met he raised his head hopefully, curious what she thought of his partner--
But the admission that followed gave him pause. And if they hadn't just hashed out the whole friendship thing and things hadn't been going so well he might have reacted very differently, but since they had...
"Well... I mean, it was an accident, right?" he double-checked, hesitantly. "Just a misunderstandin'?"
He risked a glance over at the petite lady lounging on Boreal and caught her smile, which only made the flush on his neck and ears more pronounced as his own smile widened. And when Maea said that they'd already met he raised his head hopefully, curious what she thought of his partner--
But the admission that followed gave him pause. And if they hadn't just hashed out the whole friendship thing and things hadn't been going so well he might have reacted very differently, but since they had...
"Well... I mean, it was an accident, right?" he double-checked, hesitantly. "Just a misunderstandin'?"
