"They're even weirder than usual this year," Tal agreed with a grimace. He pulled his Dagger free and stood up to kick the remains of his fallen foe off the bridge while Sah cleaned up his own mess. There was no hiding the carnage that the courier had done; bits of stringy guts and seeds were scattered around the area even after the larger chunks of rind had been punted over the side of the skeletal span, but the courier only cast a briefly envious glance at the evidence of Sah's cleaning magic before turning to face the hunter.
"Since when d'these fuckers know how to fl--" he started to ask, but they were interrupted by yet another carnivorous cucurbita before he could finish. He glared at it and prepared to slash with his Dagger, but a flash of gray dove past and Tal held his strike instinctively at the canine shape. Tal blinked and looked behind him, wondering Sah was conjuring animals now...
But Sah was gone. And the wolf - yup, definitely a wolf - was looking at him with familiar eyes. Tal blinked again as the wheels started turning in his noggin, not fast but steady, as he stood there with his mouth open in surprise. When the math lady meme finished computing he let out a startled "Whoop!" of happiness for his friend and pounced on the wolf to give him a big hug, scritching his ears with pride. "Holy fuck! Congratulations!"
"Since when d'these fuckers know how to fl--" he started to ask, but they were interrupted by yet another carnivorous cucurbita before he could finish. He glared at it and prepared to slash with his Dagger, but a flash of gray dove past and Tal held his strike instinctively at the canine shape. Tal blinked and looked behind him, wondering Sah was conjuring animals now...
But Sah was gone. And the wolf - yup, definitely a wolf - was looking at him with familiar eyes. Tal blinked again as the wheels started turning in his noggin, not fast but steady, as he stood there with his mouth open in surprise. When the math lady meme finished computing he let out a startled "Whoop!" of happiness for his friend and pounced on the wolf to give him a big hug, scritching his ears with pride. "Holy fuck! Congratulations!"
