Tal flinched a little at the mostly-unfamiliar voice behind him. Not everyone in Stormbreak was a Friend anymore and that knowledge stole the easy trust and laughter he had been able to greet total strangers with just a few short days ago. But there didn't seem to be any malice to the words, and the courier looked over his shoulder to see who had come over to bother him--
"Oh! Hey, Liam," he called, relaxing a little as he pulled the face and its name from his memory for clients. "Y'really think? I don't really need a cloud wyrm followin' me around, but I was s'posed t'do it for Frey an'... well, Boreal's been barely around lately." Strange, that. The dragon stayed near enough to keep an eye on him but no amount of treats or threats could get her to stick around for more than a couple of horn scritches since they'd come to Stormbreak. Tal shrugged in helpless confusion and the gesture sent the light sparking off the glass again. The little cloud wyrm darted forward almost to his fingers before changing her mind and coiling back, just out of reach as Tal turned to look at her again.
"What brings y'up here tonight, anyways?" Liam, at least, was still a Friend, Tal thought. Or at least, he had been the last time the courier had seen him at the Pool Party, and around Stormbreak before...
Before.
"Oh! Hey, Liam," he called, relaxing a little as he pulled the face and its name from his memory for clients. "Y'really think? I don't really need a cloud wyrm followin' me around, but I was s'posed t'do it for Frey an'... well, Boreal's been barely around lately." Strange, that. The dragon stayed near enough to keep an eye on him but no amount of treats or threats could get her to stick around for more than a couple of horn scritches since they'd come to Stormbreak. Tal shrugged in helpless confusion and the gesture sent the light sparking off the glass again. The little cloud wyrm darted forward almost to his fingers before changing her mind and coiling back, just out of reach as Tal turned to look at her again.
"What brings y'up here tonight, anyways?" Liam, at least, was still a Friend, Tal thought. Or at least, he had been the last time the courier had seen him at the Pool Party, and around Stormbreak before...
Before.
