The comment about Boreal drew a snort of agreement from the courier and he relaxed a little further out of his funk. "Oh, she's havin' a grand time," he agreed wryly. "I know my sisters like my dragon more'n me!" Wellll maybe that was just little brother hyperbole, but there were certainly times it seemed like it! The Seawright household had a history of sibling rivalries and of the youngest of the bunch getting alternately pampered and mercilessly teased to within an inch of his life.
But Zavien's innate cheerfulness and good humor made it easier to ignore Tal's minor familial hiccups and he nodded emphatically in understanding of wanting to investigate while also having nothing to do with it. "Yeah, same, more'r less," he agreed. "Haven't had much chance t'do much investigatin' this season. But I've done some huntin', at least." Doing his part to slow the spread of the damn Void crap, one infected critter at a time.
He flinched a little as the other man saw through his (paper-thin) attempts to pretend nothing was wrong and the courier hesitated as he waffled on whether to bare his heart to the kindly Breaker.
"I'm... I mean, no one's died. Uh. Since the tournament," he added with a faint wince at the memory of Melita hitting the sand. At least that had been temporary! "An' I've got my sisters an' my dragon an'... well, more friends'n I ever thought I'd have." The listing of things he was grateful for was awkward but sincere, even if it left him rubbing the back of his neck self-consciously. "Gotta great partner an' a solid house but..." He chewed his lip, circling the point of the question like a leaf around a drain. "One o' my friends is missin' an' I hardly see Sunjata around King's End lately, an' I've been so busy on my courier route this season that I hardly see Alys anymore an'..." He shrugged helplessly. "It's not end o' th'world stuff. It's just... been weighin' on me, is all."
But Zavien's innate cheerfulness and good humor made it easier to ignore Tal's minor familial hiccups and he nodded emphatically in understanding of wanting to investigate while also having nothing to do with it. "Yeah, same, more'r less," he agreed. "Haven't had much chance t'do much investigatin' this season. But I've done some huntin', at least." Doing his part to slow the spread of the damn Void crap, one infected critter at a time.
He flinched a little as the other man saw through his (paper-thin) attempts to pretend nothing was wrong and the courier hesitated as he waffled on whether to bare his heart to the kindly Breaker.
"I'm... I mean, no one's died. Uh. Since the tournament," he added with a faint wince at the memory of Melita hitting the sand. At least that had been temporary! "An' I've got my sisters an' my dragon an'... well, more friends'n I ever thought I'd have." The listing of things he was grateful for was awkward but sincere, even if it left him rubbing the back of his neck self-consciously. "Gotta great partner an' a solid house but..." He chewed his lip, circling the point of the question like a leaf around a drain. "One o' my friends is missin' an' I hardly see Sunjata around King's End lately, an' I've been so busy on my courier route this season that I hardly see Alys anymore an'..." He shrugged helplessly. "It's not end o' th'world stuff. It's just... been weighin' on me, is all."
