It was admittedly tempting to give Soh a hug, but Tal managed to restrain himself at the look of contrition on his friend's face. He might have huffed a little, but it was mostly for show and he shook off his annoyance at his dragon along with the excess water as they headed belowdeck to the shop proper. Boreal had padded down and settled back onto her haunches, suddenly a perfect lady now that she had an audience of strangers to charm, and Tal rolled his eyes at her before turning his attention to the apprentice who greeted them.
"I'm here t'commission," he said confidently. "A pendant, from silver an' obsidian. Hold on, I've got th'stuff for it right here--" He fished around in his Bag of Holding for a moment, a look of concentration on his face before his expression brightened with success. He pulled out a fist-sized chunk of raw silver that Sohalia would recognize from their previous mining adventure; most of it had gone towards his Vest, but he'd kept a piece back for future projects. Setting it on the counter, he hummed under his breath as he went back in for a second dive, coming out with a much smaller piece of polished black stone. "An' for th' design, I need somethin' that'll match this." Lastly, he retrieved a much-folded piece of paper that held sketches of a certain ring from several angles. "This is one o' Alys's rings that we kinda made together," he explained to Soh while the apprentice looked over the page and then scurried back to the smith to get her boss's opinion of it. Tal spoke with proud tilt of his chin and a hint of flush at the back of his neck as he didn't quite look at his friend, a little embarrassed to admit his own sappy romantic feelings out loud. "I wanted t'get her a companion piece for it, since our second anniversary's comin' up..."
"I'm here t'commission," he said confidently. "A pendant, from silver an' obsidian. Hold on, I've got th'stuff for it right here--" He fished around in his Bag of Holding for a moment, a look of concentration on his face before his expression brightened with success. He pulled out a fist-sized chunk of raw silver that Sohalia would recognize from their previous mining adventure; most of it had gone towards his Vest, but he'd kept a piece back for future projects. Setting it on the counter, he hummed under his breath as he went back in for a second dive, coming out with a much smaller piece of polished black stone. "An' for th' design, I need somethin' that'll match this." Lastly, he retrieved a much-folded piece of paper that held sketches of a certain ring from several angles. "This is one o' Alys's rings that we kinda made together," he explained to Soh while the apprentice looked over the page and then scurried back to the smith to get her boss's opinion of it. Tal spoke with proud tilt of his chin and a hint of flush at the back of his neck as he didn't quite look at his friend, a little embarrassed to admit his own sappy romantic feelings out loud. "I wanted t'get her a companion piece for it, since our second anniversary's comin' up..."
