Boreal bumped her head against Ru's hands with a low croon, understanding the gist of the Valkyrie's intention perfectly clearly. And, though the dragon very much had her own mind and went her own way (often to Tal's dismay), if things had truly been broken between the courier and the huntress his companion wouldn't have been lavishing Hotaru with all the affection Tal was too proud to admit to.
Having completed the hunt successfully and with no injuries gained, the courier let his relief finally ease some of the hurt that was working its way out to bleed away, like a lanced wound emptying so it could heal. He hesitated for a moment at the offered hand, chewing his lip fiercely in thought before slowly reaching up to grasp it and haul himself up.
And once up he didn't let go right away, giving Ru's fingers an awkward, silent squeeze while he looked over at the pile of bones that hid the ursur skull from view. "Yeah, well, just gotta convince Deimos of that," he mumbled, finally loosing her hand and shoving his own deep in his pocket. He slid a glance back at her as Boreal gave a long stretch and started to pad away from the nasty, haunted tree and gave a tentative nod. "...Yeah. I... yeah. That'd be okay. We finally finished the sun cannon, did you hear? An' Delia became co-Warden with Noah..." And there were two whole seasons worth of things to catch up on. And if the words were slow and sometimes stumbling as he told her what was new in Halo and asked after her life in the Greatwood, at least the silences didn't hurt so much anymore.
~Fin~
Having completed the hunt successfully and with no injuries gained, the courier let his relief finally ease some of the hurt that was working its way out to bleed away, like a lanced wound emptying so it could heal. He hesitated for a moment at the offered hand, chewing his lip fiercely in thought before slowly reaching up to grasp it and haul himself up.
And once up he didn't let go right away, giving Ru's fingers an awkward, silent squeeze while he looked over at the pile of bones that hid the ursur skull from view. "Yeah, well, just gotta convince Deimos of that," he mumbled, finally loosing her hand and shoving his own deep in his pocket. He slid a glance back at her as Boreal gave a long stretch and started to pad away from the nasty, haunted tree and gave a tentative nod. "...Yeah. I... yeah. That'd be okay. We finally finished the sun cannon, did you hear? An' Delia became co-Warden with Noah..." And there were two whole seasons worth of things to catch up on. And if the words were slow and sometimes stumbling as he told her what was new in Halo and asked after her life in the Greatwood, at least the silences didn't hurt so much anymore.
~Fin~
