One of the benefits of being out on the Tundra was that there were no bossy sisters out on the trail, making their grumpy little brother run errands for the family store. Tal might have found an excuse to head back out there even now, if he hadn't felt obligated to stick around and vote for the next Warden. So until that happened he was dragging his feet around Snowcloak, running messages in town when his professional services were needed--
And slouching to pick up a fresh cord of firewood to replace the one Alexia's dogs had gotten into and chewed to kindling when he couldn't claim his business as an excuse to avoid it.
He was kicking a chunk of ice down the path and watching it skitter over the packed snow when a pair of laughing young women his age came bustling past, and he stopped at the scent of fresh flowers that wafted past in their wake, intrigued in spite of himself. They'd come out of a nearby building, one with a sign for some kind of spa out front...
His eyes went wider as he recognized the head of straight blond hair belonging to the woman outside it and Tal hesitated awkwardly, beginning a slow, surreptitious shuffle away in case she hadn't seen him yet.
And slouching to pick up a fresh cord of firewood to replace the one Alexia's dogs had gotten into and chewed to kindling when he couldn't claim his business as an excuse to avoid it.
He was kicking a chunk of ice down the path and watching it skitter over the packed snow when a pair of laughing young women his age came bustling past, and he stopped at the scent of fresh flowers that wafted past in their wake, intrigued in spite of himself. They'd come out of a nearby building, one with a sign for some kind of spa out front...
His eyes went wider as he recognized the head of straight blond hair belonging to the woman outside it and Tal hesitated awkwardly, beginning a slow, surreptitious shuffle away in case she hadn't seen him yet.
