The manticore became a man and Tal exhaled an audible sigh of relief. Not that Remi was any less scary in his human form but...
The tail was really intimidating. Not to mention the jaws, the claws, and all the rest of it.
"Thanks, s--uh. Remi," he corrected hurriedly, taking care to give the freshly-clawed earth a wide berth on his way to the shrine. He unpacked the box carefully, setting a dish and its contents on the altar: a small, round cake with eyes and nose and whiskers done in icing and two sharp marzipan ears poking up from the top. There was even a little curl of fondant tail stuck on the back. The box bore the imprint of one of Snowcloak's best bakeries as Tal tucked it into his Bag and knelt to pray for Ludo's protection in the coming war.
Boreal watched the cake with bright-eyed intensity that never wavered, and a tail that occasionally twitched as she contemplated blasphemy.
When the courier finished he stood and dusted his knees off then turned and faced Remi, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. "Thanks for the map 'n everything." Flora might have made the promise, but it wasn't hard to figure out where she'd gotten his payment from. "Is there anythin' you want taken t'Stormbreak, while I'm here?"
The tail was really intimidating. Not to mention the jaws, the claws, and all the rest of it.
"Thanks, s--uh. Remi," he corrected hurriedly, taking care to give the freshly-clawed earth a wide berth on his way to the shrine. He unpacked the box carefully, setting a dish and its contents on the altar: a small, round cake with eyes and nose and whiskers done in icing and two sharp marzipan ears poking up from the top. There was even a little curl of fondant tail stuck on the back. The box bore the imprint of one of Snowcloak's best bakeries as Tal tucked it into his Bag and knelt to pray for Ludo's protection in the coming war.
Boreal watched the cake with bright-eyed intensity that never wavered, and a tail that occasionally twitched as she contemplated blasphemy.
When the courier finished he stood and dusted his knees off then turned and faced Remi, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. "Thanks for the map 'n everything." Flora might have made the promise, but it wasn't hard to figure out where she'd gotten his payment from. "Is there anythin' you want taken t'Stormbreak, while I'm here?"
