His dragon was out of easy reach, giving comfort to his friend, so Tal settled for knotting his fingers in the hem of his shirt as Koa shared his revelations about Sohalia. The courier was shocked to silence, his stunned gaze wandering blindly to the tree that Koa had been punching without even registering it. A hoarse question slipped out between the dragoon's answers, but it was mostly rhetorical. "Y'mean... she really was in th'Greatwood this whole time?" A place he had searched repeatedly throughout Deepfrost until it had grown too dangerous to venture into once Flowerbirth had returned.
He focused slowly back on his informant as Koa offered what comfort he could in the way of hesitant reassurance and booze, and Tal automatically took the bottle and put it to his own lips. Through some miracle he managed to swallow before the last little truth bomb dropped and he coughed in surprise, thumping his chest with his free hand. "You what?? But she... an' Jude... an'... wait, were you...? Oooooohhhh." It was a bit of a journey but Tal was still sober (for now) and his memory dredged up one of the last conversations he'd had with his petite friend before her disappearance. She'd said something about breaking up with someone in order to date Jude, hadn't she?
So had that been Koa?
Well butter his butt and call him a biscuit.
He took a second, much longer pull from the bottle.
"Fuck, man. Just... fuck. I'm, uh... sorry? D'you need someplace t'stay tonight?"
He focused slowly back on his informant as Koa offered what comfort he could in the way of hesitant reassurance and booze, and Tal automatically took the bottle and put it to his own lips. Through some miracle he managed to swallow before the last little truth bomb dropped and he coughed in surprise, thumping his chest with his free hand. "You what?? But she... an' Jude... an'... wait, were you...? Oooooohhhh." It was a bit of a journey but Tal was still sober (for now) and his memory dredged up one of the last conversations he'd had with his petite friend before her disappearance. She'd said something about breaking up with someone in order to date Jude, hadn't she?
So had that been Koa?
Well butter his butt and call him a biscuit.
He took a second, much longer pull from the bottle.
"Fuck, man. Just... fuck. I'm, uh... sorry? D'you need someplace t'stay tonight?"
