A rowboat was significantly different than a skyboat as it turned out, but Tal had been living in King's End long enough to have picked up the knack of it for as often as he made deliveries of supplies to and from the merchants of the Exchange. He wasn't as deft as the Torchers who had moved to the northern port in recent years, but he could hold his own - something he proved with only a minor interruption to their journey.
"Oof... yeah, I should prob'ly send her somethin', too," he admitted with a wince at the reminder of the Doubletake and her full-death experience. Maybe that wasn't what Soh had intended, but it was where the courier's brain immediately jumped to. "It's still really weird t'think about..." He shook his head with a grimace, then had to put his attention into tying their small boat up beside the big boat. A wooden staircase with a small floating dock at the bottom had been built from the top of the beached vessel down to water level, and Tal secured their transport before hopping out and offering his friend a hand. "So, couple a' years ago we got jewelry made at th'same time, for th'big Dygra festival--" he started to explain.
Boreal, with her usual enthusiasm, built up speed and launched herself out of the water onto the dock, spraying Tal with frigid water while managing to avoid catching the Luminary in the splash. She then added insult to injury by shaking her scales dry within range of her companion, leaving Tal to howl his dismay while she jauntily bounced up the staircase. Now decidedly damper than he had been a few moments ago, Tal heaved a long-suffering sigh and shook the extra wet from his hair as best he could. "She only does it 'cuz she knows I don't get cold," he grumbled, nodding down to his Frostbite Cuff.
"Oof... yeah, I should prob'ly send her somethin', too," he admitted with a wince at the reminder of the Doubletake and her full-death experience. Maybe that wasn't what Soh had intended, but it was where the courier's brain immediately jumped to. "It's still really weird t'think about..." He shook his head with a grimace, then had to put his attention into tying their small boat up beside the big boat. A wooden staircase with a small floating dock at the bottom had been built from the top of the beached vessel down to water level, and Tal secured their transport before hopping out and offering his friend a hand. "So, couple a' years ago we got jewelry made at th'same time, for th'big Dygra festival--" he started to explain.
Boreal, with her usual enthusiasm, built up speed and launched herself out of the water onto the dock, spraying Tal with frigid water while managing to avoid catching the Luminary in the splash. She then added insult to injury by shaking her scales dry within range of her companion, leaving Tal to howl his dismay while she jauntily bounced up the staircase. Now decidedly damper than he had been a few moments ago, Tal heaved a long-suffering sigh and shook the extra wet from his hair as best he could. "She only does it 'cuz she knows I don't get cold," he grumbled, nodding down to his Frostbite Cuff.
