He hadn't been sure that Rhi would be home; she hadn't been the last couple of times he'd made deliveries in recent seasons, but he'd always said hello to her parents and even come in once to have a tea break before heading back out on his route. But the moment the door was flung open he knew who would be standing there, even before he saw the face of his childhood friend.
"Five minutes early an' this is th'thanks I get?" Tal pretended to huff, mouth trying to twitch out of the scowl he'd put on just in time. Boreal had no such patience for the sibling-esque rivalry, however, not when Rhi's hand was already outstretched. The dragon shouldered past Tal's knee, nearly taking the courier down on her way past him to greet Rhiannon with a happy croon and a serpentine wag of her long, scaly tail. She bumped her head under the offered hand and ended up halfway in the house before Tal could try to stop her. Not that he could with his hands full of Big Ass Box, but it was the thought that counted, right?
"So are y'gonna let me in, or do I have t'take these candles back t'King's End?" His grin finally won out in spite of his best efforts to the contrary and Tal stuck his booted foot out to try and nudge his companion out of the way.
Boreal, of course, ignored his boot and plopped her haunches down right in the threshold, as immovable as a boulder so long as Rhi was giving her scritches.
"Five minutes early an' this is th'thanks I get?" Tal pretended to huff, mouth trying to twitch out of the scowl he'd put on just in time. Boreal had no such patience for the sibling-esque rivalry, however, not when Rhi's hand was already outstretched. The dragon shouldered past Tal's knee, nearly taking the courier down on her way past him to greet Rhiannon with a happy croon and a serpentine wag of her long, scaly tail. She bumped her head under the offered hand and ended up halfway in the house before Tal could try to stop her. Not that he could with his hands full of Big Ass Box, but it was the thought that counted, right?
"So are y'gonna let me in, or do I have t'take these candles back t'King's End?" His grin finally won out in spite of his best efforts to the contrary and Tal stuck his booted foot out to try and nudge his companion out of the way.
Boreal, of course, ignored his boot and plopped her haunches down right in the threshold, as immovable as a boulder so long as Rhi was giving her scritches.
