Boreal might not have been as slyly enthusiastic about cadging attention as she usually was, but she leaned contentedly into Nova's scritches. A soft rumble of happy draconic agreement accompanied Nova's clever fingers finding the itchiest scales - the base of her horns and just above her brow ridges and around the back of her broad skull - and she crooned agreement to the words 'good dragon'. She might have also recognized the second question - it was one she'd heard a lot in her life - but said grump was off looking for trouble again and she snorted amusement as he found it.
Tal had a few seconds to bask in Nova's shock, absolutely mistaking it for realization of what might have happened to her if she'd landed on him, before her delight made it apparent that his optimism was misplaced. His smug expression fell away to disbelief as she bounced over to circle him. "Wh-- Yes, it's magic an' no I'm not doin' it again!" He turned with her, scowl back in place, and then started backpedaling when he saw the jungle behind her, trying to draw them both away from the hostile flora. "If somethin' hits me, it gets zapped! Which is what would've happened t'you if I hadn't dodged!"
Tal had a few seconds to bask in Nova's shock, absolutely mistaking it for realization of what might have happened to her if she'd landed on him, before her delight made it apparent that his optimism was misplaced. His smug expression fell away to disbelief as she bounced over to circle him. "Wh-- Yes, it's magic an' no I'm not doin' it again!" He turned with her, scowl back in place, and then started backpedaling when he saw the jungle behind her, trying to draw them both away from the hostile flora. "If somethin' hits me, it gets zapped! Which is what would've happened t'you if I hadn't dodged!"
