Nope, growling was definitely not good and Tal pulled his hand back even before Thal flashed her fangs at him. He was pretty sure she couldn't get through his armor, but that didn't mean he wanted to tempt fate or piss her off further! But even though he stopped trying to touch her he didn't back away. He'd had friends lash out before - usually while hallucinating under Void-influence, sure, but still - and he wasn't going to just abandon Thal. Maybe she wasn't really a friend, but they'd helped each other out enough by now that she'd earned that much from him.
Though not enough for him to chase after her and demand explanations. He didn't know her well enough for that and she made it pretty clear that she wouldn't appreciate it from him which... fair. In her shoes he wouldn't want anyone he knew seeing him like that either.
Which made her parting words even more surprising.
"Maea? Why'd she be--" He grimaced, cutting himself off as he thought about his Ancient friend's penchant for self-sacrifice and lack of concern for her own safety. He couldn't know the specifics, but it wasn't hard to guess that she'd gone and done something dangerous again. "...Uh. Sure?" Slowly, his face screwed up in an odd expression of worry and confusion, he bent to put a few more things in the container and then hauled it towards the mouth of the alley where the rag and bone men could claim the contents. "I c'n pass th'message on." Delivering messages was what he did best, after all.
~Fin~
Though not enough for him to chase after her and demand explanations. He didn't know her well enough for that and she made it pretty clear that she wouldn't appreciate it from him which... fair. In her shoes he wouldn't want anyone he knew seeing him like that either.
Which made her parting words even more surprising.
"Maea? Why'd she be--" He grimaced, cutting himself off as he thought about his Ancient friend's penchant for self-sacrifice and lack of concern for her own safety. He couldn't know the specifics, but it wasn't hard to guess that she'd gone and done something dangerous again. "...Uh. Sure?" Slowly, his face screwed up in an odd expression of worry and confusion, he bent to put a few more things in the container and then hauled it towards the mouth of the alley where the rag and bone men could claim the contents. "I c'n pass th'message on." Delivering messages was what he did best, after all.
~Fin~
