After Koa's assistance as a most excellent wingman and finding out that the Dragoon knew and liked Alys, Tal had made an awkward invitation for the handsome man to spend the night at his place. After the usual round of delightful misunderstandings and innuendo the courier had swung by a few more shops to pick up some festive holiday items and led the way back to Meadowreach, showing off the road that stretched from the Exchange to Mourn as they did so.
Boreal was just happy to have a noodlehat again, and to show Pip all the best places to find mice in the snow and where there were sheep to harass along the way. Tal, on the other hand, was proud to nearly bursting as they crested a hill and the house he and Alys had built together came into view atop a small rise. It was downright picturesque in the evening light with snow limning the eaves and a faint curl of smoke rising from the chimney.
"She's out doin' a readin' for a merchant tonight," he explained as he led the way around the back to the door there and unlocked it so he could shepherd their little parade to the second floor where the private home was. "If y'can help me get the decorations up before she gets home, I'll even throw in dinner!" He tried a tentative grin at the Dragoon, though there was a flicker of anxiety in it as he waited to see how this attempt at comradely teasing would be taken.
Boreal was just happy to have a noodlehat again, and to show Pip all the best places to find mice in the snow and where there were sheep to harass along the way. Tal, on the other hand, was proud to nearly bursting as they crested a hill and the house he and Alys had built together came into view atop a small rise. It was downright picturesque in the evening light with snow limning the eaves and a faint curl of smoke rising from the chimney.
"She's out doin' a readin' for a merchant tonight," he explained as he led the way around the back to the door there and unlocked it so he could shepherd their little parade to the second floor where the private home was. "If y'can help me get the decorations up before she gets home, I'll even throw in dinner!" He tried a tentative grin at the Dragoon, though there was a flicker of anxiety in it as he waited to see how this attempt at comradely teasing would be taken.
