Someone was going to be in danger making the deliveries, and with all the blessings and - still weird to think it but - friends he'd somehow accreted to himself along the way, he was probably the best man for the job. Besides, he had his family traditions and pride to consider, and Tal was nothing if not proud of his work and of doing it well.
And after Soh had nearly been killed in dark Stormbreak alley by a would-be rapist, Tal wasn't exactly sold on Stormbreak being all that civilized even before it had gotten usurped by the Family.
But the labor of the day was keeping him mostly occupied, and he was more concerned with where the next obstacle was going to go than dwelling on the current dangers of the floating city. He grunted a wordless noise of understanding of Noe's trials in establishing her business as he started sinking the short posts for the over-under logs. "Well, if you're willin' t'work outside o'Stormbreak I can drop your name in Archon Sunjata's ear," he offered. Pausing to dust the grit from his hands he gave her a flicker of a wry grin. "King's End ain't th'most civilized yet, but we're workin' on it!" Shaking some extra sweat from his hair so it wouldn't drip in his eyes he bent down to drag one of the heavy logs into place with another grunt, and then moved into the next and the next after that until only one remained.
And after Soh had nearly been killed in dark Stormbreak alley by a would-be rapist, Tal wasn't exactly sold on Stormbreak being all that civilized even before it had gotten usurped by the Family.
But the labor of the day was keeping him mostly occupied, and he was more concerned with where the next obstacle was going to go than dwelling on the current dangers of the floating city. He grunted a wordless noise of understanding of Noe's trials in establishing her business as he started sinking the short posts for the over-under logs. "Well, if you're willin' t'work outside o'Stormbreak I can drop your name in Archon Sunjata's ear," he offered. Pausing to dust the grit from his hands he gave her a flicker of a wry grin. "King's End ain't th'most civilized yet, but we're workin' on it!" Shaking some extra sweat from his hair so it wouldn't drip in his eyes he bent down to drag one of the heavy logs into place with another grunt, and then moved into the next and the next after that until only one remained.
