Sila was a treasure and Tal grinned at her preening before indulging in some of his own.
It wasn't too much of a surprise that he'd been hoping for decidedly more of a response from the honeybee girl, and there was a long moment of vibrating silence while he waited for her to continue. There was a certain amount of pride at having talked to his second-ever god, and given how he'd just spent Deepfrost cooped up in the Citadel he was even more proud of the item he'd asked for.
But when he realized that Mel wasn't going to give him anything else the courier seemed to deflate and his brows beetled back towards his more usual scowl. He kicked at a loose stone that hadn't made the cut, sending it bouncing down the volcano's side, and turned to admire the view laid out below rather than his company for the day. "Torchline's never had snow before?" he asked, some of his incredulity breaking through his incipient pout.
A stolen glance revealed her shivering and he started to open his mouth to offer--
And then snapped it shut again, returning his gaze stubbornly to his feet to seek out more rocks. "Nope. Haven't really gotten anywhere else yet, though," he admitted after a moment's pause. "Maybe it's more of Rae's tricks?" There'd been that whole kerfluffle throughout Deepfrost, after all.
It wasn't too much of a surprise that he'd been hoping for decidedly more of a response from the honeybee girl, and there was a long moment of vibrating silence while he waited for her to continue. There was a certain amount of pride at having talked to his second-ever god, and given how he'd just spent Deepfrost cooped up in the Citadel he was even more proud of the item he'd asked for.
But when he realized that Mel wasn't going to give him anything else the courier seemed to deflate and his brows beetled back towards his more usual scowl. He kicked at a loose stone that hadn't made the cut, sending it bouncing down the volcano's side, and turned to admire the view laid out below rather than his company for the day. "Torchline's never had snow before?" he asked, some of his incredulity breaking through his incipient pout.
A stolen glance revealed her shivering and he started to open his mouth to offer--
And then snapped it shut again, returning his gaze stubbornly to his feet to seek out more rocks. "Nope. Haven't really gotten anywhere else yet, though," he admitted after a moment's pause. "Maybe it's more of Rae's tricks?" There'd been that whole kerfluffle throughout Deepfrost, after all.
