Tal hadn't been expecting to run into anyone else out here, and he wasn't emotionally prepared for company. He might have prickled up like a hedgehog, but his tone was more cautious than belligerent as he greeted his fellow Halovian.
"Mmm. There's a safe path through the center, but..." Tal scowled out into the mist, which quickly became impenetrable the further from the edge of the Pits one went. "It's not exactly straight, an' it gets pretty narrow in places..." He stopped rubbing his neck for a moment, fingers curling over his spine and nose wrinkling hard before he exhaled sharply.
"I can see through the mist with these goggles. Leastways, a little bit. Enough to find the edges of the path an' see the turns comin' in time t'not walk off the end of it. If y'stick close t'me and step exactly where I do, we'll be across the Pits in an hour. But y'have to do exactly as I say," he warned Sah, meeting his eyes for a second before looking away again quickly. It was weird to not be hurling insults at the Advisor while he was talking.
"If y'don't like it, you can go the long way around," he added after a moment's thought; less an ultimatum than a grudging offer of a viable alternative.
"Mmm. There's a safe path through the center, but..." Tal scowled out into the mist, which quickly became impenetrable the further from the edge of the Pits one went. "It's not exactly straight, an' it gets pretty narrow in places..." He stopped rubbing his neck for a moment, fingers curling over his spine and nose wrinkling hard before he exhaled sharply.
"I can see through the mist with these goggles. Leastways, a little bit. Enough to find the edges of the path an' see the turns comin' in time t'not walk off the end of it. If y'stick close t'me and step exactly where I do, we'll be across the Pits in an hour. But y'have to do exactly as I say," he warned Sah, meeting his eyes for a second before looking away again quickly. It was weird to not be hurling insults at the Advisor while he was talking.
"If y'don't like it, you can go the long way around," he added after a moment's thought; less an ultimatum than a grudging offer of a viable alternative.
