Tal looked up at the unexpected touch to his arm and blinked in surprise, but his scowl lightened in understanding and he gave a jerky nod as Sohalia pulled away. "Yeah... I lost my parents, too. A few years back, before the War. So I get it." At least, he thought he did. He looked down at his tea and took a deep breath before hurrying on.
Boreal was pretty much always a safe bet, not least because she was always on her best manners with everyone who wasn't Tal. The dragon sat up in her best 'pretty sit' pose and tilted her head at Sohalia in rapt curiosity. She didn't have ears, but if she'd had them they would have been perked forward, alert and friendly as the dragon stretched her neck as far towards the nice lady as Tal would let her.
The courier wasn't expecting the sudden outpouring of praise and excitement and his ears flushed pink as he reached up to rub at the back of his neck fiercely, torn between pride and a sudden bout of self-conscious shyness. As her flood of questions cut off he brought his head up sharply. "No, no, you're fine! No need t'apologize!" He grinned sheepishly, toying with his tea cup and then taking a gulp that drained the tiny porcelain bowl. "I started out makin' runs around Halo on my dogsled. Now I've got my own skyboat an' I go all over Caido. The Sea o' Glass in Halo will always be my favorite. It's where I found her egg," he added, scrubbing Boreal's head while the dragon rumbled happily and leaned into the attention. "But lots o' places have their charm. Is there anywhere in particular y'wanna go?"
Boreal was pretty much always a safe bet, not least because she was always on her best manners with everyone who wasn't Tal. The dragon sat up in her best 'pretty sit' pose and tilted her head at Sohalia in rapt curiosity. She didn't have ears, but if she'd had them they would have been perked forward, alert and friendly as the dragon stretched her neck as far towards the nice lady as Tal would let her.
The courier wasn't expecting the sudden outpouring of praise and excitement and his ears flushed pink as he reached up to rub at the back of his neck fiercely, torn between pride and a sudden bout of self-conscious shyness. As her flood of questions cut off he brought his head up sharply. "No, no, you're fine! No need t'apologize!" He grinned sheepishly, toying with his tea cup and then taking a gulp that drained the tiny porcelain bowl. "I started out makin' runs around Halo on my dogsled. Now I've got my own skyboat an' I go all over Caido. The Sea o' Glass in Halo will always be my favorite. It's where I found her egg," he added, scrubbing Boreal's head while the dragon rumbled happily and leaned into the attention. "But lots o' places have their charm. Is there anywhere in particular y'wanna go?"
