I'll take y'anywhere y'wanna go, Tal had promised on a charitable impulse for his good friend and best wingman. What y'need is a vacation. From Stormbreak and all the Void drama happening there, and the emotional tangle of Sohalia's return and Safrin and Flora, though Tal didn't know about those details. For that matter, Tal wasn't sure how he felt about Soh's return and the fact that she hadn't sought him out, but for now he was just focusing on being grateful that she was alive and safe.
Somewhere.
Somewhere else, because he andKoa had ended up on the golden sands of Torchline, and who was he to turn down a suggestion of sightseeing someplace they'd never been before? Maybe they could find some unique gifts for Alys and... whoever Koa wanted to give presents to.
The only problem, of course, was that the best place for any of that was underwater. One of Tal's least favorite places. But he'd managed to procure some manta crystals on a previous job and there was a Bubblestream that went to the Underwater City right from the docks in Kaiholo and it only took about twenty minutes for the courier to keep his face submerged long enough to make sure his crystal worked and start to trust it.
Then he and the dragoon could get whisked away by the bubble tunnel and deposited in a whole new world of twilit waters and schools of fish and bustling merfolk swimming past them as they went about their business in and out of the City. Even Tal was struck speechless as he floated like a sack of potatoes in the gentle current, Goggled eyes wide as he took in the sight of the fantastical city with its soaring towers and organic architecture spread out below them. One hand clung to Koa in a mild deathgrip, but at least he'd finally stopped flailing?
Somewhere.
Somewhere else, because he and
The only problem, of course, was that the best place for any of that was underwater. One of Tal's least favorite places. But he'd managed to procure some manta crystals on a previous job and there was a Bubblestream that went to the Underwater City right from the docks in Kaiholo and it only took about twenty minutes for the courier to keep his face submerged long enough to make sure his crystal worked and start to trust it.
Then he and the dragoon could get whisked away by the bubble tunnel and deposited in a whole new world of twilit waters and schools of fish and bustling merfolk swimming past them as they went about their business in and out of the City. Even Tal was struck speechless as he floated like a sack of potatoes in the gentle current, Goggled eyes wide as he took in the sight of the fantastical city with its soaring towers and organic architecture spread out below them. One hand clung to Koa in a mild deathgrip, but at least he'd finally stopped flailing?
