Tal chewed his lip fiercely, now having to wonder if anyone - or no one? - had died.
But the Shield and others had still been badly hurt, and that was bad enough.
He was looking a little dazed at all these revelations, but as he walked slowly back to the dogs Amun's next words shook him out of it a little ways. "But hunters are the champions of life," he said, tilting his head at the man with a puzzled expression not unlike his hounds as he stated what was obvious to him. "Not much in Halo that doesn't eat something else to survive, and without the huntsmen, we'd all be fucked." He gave an awkward shrug through his parka as he began to pack away his bottle into the sled's small carriage. "Pickin' a huntsman champion of life makes perfect sense." At least, to Halovian sensibilities, but for once Tal paused as his brain was already working hard on the other things he'd heard tonight. "...Guess it might seem different for the softer regions, though," he offered in gruff admission.
"Why d'you think she goes so easy on him, though?"
But the Shield and others had still been badly hurt, and that was bad enough.
He was looking a little dazed at all these revelations, but as he walked slowly back to the dogs Amun's next words shook him out of it a little ways. "But hunters are the champions of life," he said, tilting his head at the man with a puzzled expression not unlike his hounds as he stated what was obvious to him. "Not much in Halo that doesn't eat something else to survive, and without the huntsmen, we'd all be fucked." He gave an awkward shrug through his parka as he began to pack away his bottle into the sled's small carriage. "Pickin' a huntsman champion of life makes perfect sense." At least, to Halovian sensibilities, but for once Tal paused as his brain was already working hard on the other things he'd heard tonight. "...Guess it might seem different for the softer regions, though," he offered in gruff admission.
"Why d'you think she goes so easy on him, though?"
