Someone was going to have to learn to fly the new skyships that would be coming to Halo and train the region's own pilots and Tal knew that he was just the person for the job. His fascination with the flying craft had been piqued the first time he saw one at the port in Torchline the year before and a desire to possess one of his own had been growing in his heart ever since.
The fact that Safrin had basically given him her blessing by telling him to use his goggles while going fast riding one was the perfect icing on the cake, really.
The only fly in the frosting was that he wasn't here today alone.
As Tal swaggered up the boarding ramp to the serenely floating vessel he nudged an elbow towards the ribs of the man beside him with a dramatic roll of his eyes. "You really didn't have to come," he sighed for the third time since they'd left the Citadel. "What'll I tell your kids if you fall overboard?"
Boreal was slowly spiraling down from her vantage aloft, inspecting the mast and sails with a dose of healthy skepticism that seemed to speak as clearly as day that she wasn't at all certain that this contraption was in the same league as a dogsled.
Sah
The fact that Safrin had basically given him her blessing by telling him to use his goggles while going fast riding one was the perfect icing on the cake, really.
The only fly in the frosting was that he wasn't here today alone.
As Tal swaggered up the boarding ramp to the serenely floating vessel he nudged an elbow towards the ribs of the man beside him with a dramatic roll of his eyes. "You really didn't have to come," he sighed for the third time since they'd left the Citadel. "What'll I tell your kids if you fall overboard?"
Boreal was slowly spiraling down from her vantage aloft, inspecting the mast and sails with a dose of healthy skepticism that seemed to speak as clearly as day that she wasn't at all certain that this contraption was in the same league as a dogsled.
Sah
