He'd anchored his ship a ways back on the coast, and Boreal had flown the rope ladder back up once they'd gotten down with his cargo of lanterns. It was probably a small miracle no one had ended up overboard in the small craft, but the solemnity of the occasion lent itself to more subdued behavior than usual between the two men.
"I don't see Ru..." Tal murmured an aside to Sah, scanning the gathering though the dancing shadows from so many different light sources made it easy to mistake even familiar faces. Boreal crooned softly and leaned against his hip as he scratched her head absently.
His other hand was full of the two lanterns he had brought: one for his parents, and one for the soldiers who had stood beside him against the Banshees and fallen to their claws.
"I don't see Ru..." Tal murmured an aside to Sah, scanning the gathering though the dancing shadows from so many different light sources made it easy to mistake even familiar faces. Boreal crooned softly and leaned against his hip as he scratched her head absently.
His other hand was full of the two lanterns he had brought: one for his parents, and one for the soldiers who had stood beside him against the Banshees and fallen to their claws.
