After Thal had helped him do some hunting in the desert, it had only seemed polite to return the favor. Besides, he'd always meant to spend more time on a sea-faring vessel. It was kind of in his family's name, even if he'd ended up taking flight with his own boat instead. Throw in Maea showing up and Tal figured things would probably be okay, even if he and Thal ended up sassing each other as often as they pulled together.
"Oh, thanks," he grumbled up after his friend as she shifted into a bird and left the squishy, wriggly bait to him. He wrinkled his nose and scowled at the wet and slimy mess awaiting him and then heaved a long-suffering sigh and rolled up his sleeves. Testing the lines to make sure they were firmly attached to the hooks wasn't so bad, but the swearing really started in earnest once he started trying to load the hooks. Worms wriggled, as it turned out, and he hissed a few times as he poked his thumb with a hook while trying to make sure the worm wasn't going to fall off it.
Where was Boreal in all this, you ask?
Why, she was perched up in the crow's nest with Maea, smugly avoiding the mess on the deck around her human far below.
Tal reluctantly fights the bait!
"Oh, thanks," he grumbled up after his friend as she shifted into a bird and left the squishy, wriggly bait to him. He wrinkled his nose and scowled at the wet and slimy mess awaiting him and then heaved a long-suffering sigh and rolled up his sleeves. Testing the lines to make sure they were firmly attached to the hooks wasn't so bad, but the swearing really started in earnest once he started trying to load the hooks. Worms wriggled, as it turned out, and he hissed a few times as he poked his thumb with a hook while trying to make sure the worm wasn't going to fall off it.
Where was Boreal in all this, you ask?
Why, she was perched up in the crow's nest with Maea, smugly avoiding the mess on the deck around her human far below.
Tal reluctantly fights the bait!
