Not having been on anyone's council or taken into any leader's confidence, Tal could only shrug at Maea's probably-rhetorical question. "Probably a control thing," he agreed, not having a better hypothesis. "I mean, y'don't take leadership without bein' some flavor o' control freak. If they were happy seein' others step up, they'd have bigger councils. Or any councils. Or... I dunno. They'd be trainin' up new leaders t'help instead o' crouchin' on their power like dragons on their hoards." Boreal gave an offended huff, snorting hot air and shaking her horned head and Tal grinned down at her. "Present company excepted, o'course," he assured his companion.
The mention of the dream had his smile fading back into a scowl as he looked out over the horizon. "Oh. Well... I thought it was a nightmare," he admitted. "I mean, I saw a bunch of faces at the end that I recognized, but that didn't seem too weird for a dream. But there was someone there I didn't know... an' then I met her in Stormbreak. An' turns out she'd had the th'same dream an' seen me at th'end. So maybe one o' th'gods sent it? As a warnin' of somethin' worse that's comin' if we don't stop it." Just how they were supposed to do that when the island was scary as fuck, Tal didn't know.
The mention of the dream had his smile fading back into a scowl as he looked out over the horizon. "Oh. Well... I thought it was a nightmare," he admitted. "I mean, I saw a bunch of faces at the end that I recognized, but that didn't seem too weird for a dream. But there was someone there I didn't know... an' then I met her in Stormbreak. An' turns out she'd had the th'same dream an' seen me at th'end. So maybe one o' th'gods sent it? As a warnin' of somethin' worse that's comin' if we don't stop it." Just how they were supposed to do that when the island was scary as fuck, Tal didn't know.
