He was? Tal breathed a quiet sigh of relief as it seemed like his answer wasn't going to get him slapped or thrown out or reported to the girl's father. Hotaru had asked him to come visit her in the Greatwood - well, not him specifically, but her friends, and they were that much, even if she was kind of like a fourth older sister more than a friend, right? - and he needed to stay on Remi's good side so he could get permission to do that and here was his daughter spinning around in a gauzy dress and flirting and oh, Frey, he really hoped he wasn't going to do anything that would get him in trouble here today--
He surrendered his glass without quite processing what Flora had asked, brain still spinning as he nodded automatically to her question. "Uh... yeah. I mean, I haven't been everywhere, but I've been a lot of places, I guess." Compared to the average citizen, at least. "Had t'go all the way out to the Climb for those Gore Core feathers y'asked for." Blinking, he realized he still hadn't handed over the wooden box and he busied his sweating hands with pulling it out of his Bag of Holding and offering it to its recipient as soon as she returned with a fresh drink.
He surrendered his glass without quite processing what Flora had asked, brain still spinning as he nodded automatically to her question. "Uh... yeah. I mean, I haven't been everywhere, but I've been a lot of places, I guess." Compared to the average citizen, at least. "Had t'go all the way out to the Climb for those Gore Core feathers y'asked for." Blinking, he realized he still hadn't handed over the wooden box and he busied his sweating hands with pulling it out of his Bag of Holding and offering it to its recipient as soon as she returned with a fresh drink.
