Tal nodded grimly, jaw tightening as they settled in to stand near each other, and he shot a glance over his shoulder at the Dragon's Nest. He was just as happy to lower his voice as he turned to look out over the Righteous Road falling away towards the ground far below. "None o' my business, prob'ly, but... I'm not happy about it," he admitted. "Soh hasn't been answerin' my letters, an' no one knows what happened t'her. No one I've been able t'ask, at least. I'm worried about her, 'Lyra. She mighta stepped down, sure, but she wouldn't have just run. She loves Stormbreak too much t'leave it like that." He was unaware of how his words were echoing the nurse's thoughts, but there was raw worry in the courier's voice as his hands tightened into fists in his pocket, as if holding tightly on to hope that the former Heart was okay. "An' what th'hail kinda name is 'th'Reaper,' anyways?"
He turned his gaze to follow Ellyra's pointing finger, and huffed a growl as he spotted the vine. "Oh f'r fuck's sake... Boreal!" The dragon veered away from a balcony that she'd been trying to land on, looking as innocent as a baby bird until she caught the thread of her human's thoughts. With a cheerful whuff! of a snort she flapped her wings, rising higher to get a good angle before she dove, breathing fire along the vine's length before disappearing over the edge of the floating island-city. "Yeah, an' they're th'worst," he shuddered. "Nothin' good ever seems t'come from 'em. Noah said t'burn 'em out whenever we can, if y'know him?" He looked back to Ellyra, brows raised at the question.
He turned his gaze to follow Ellyra's pointing finger, and huffed a growl as he spotted the vine. "Oh f'r fuck's sake... Boreal!" The dragon veered away from a balcony that she'd been trying to land on, looking as innocent as a baby bird until she caught the thread of her human's thoughts. With a cheerful whuff! of a snort she flapped her wings, rising higher to get a good angle before she dove, breathing fire along the vine's length before disappearing over the edge of the floating island-city. "Yeah, an' they're th'worst," he shuddered. "Nothin' good ever seems t'come from 'em. Noah said t'burn 'em out whenever we can, if y'know him?" He looked back to Ellyra, brows raised at the question.
