Happy with just about any attention, Boreal grumbled contentedly and tilted her head into the unpracticed scritches. Tal watched with a lopsided smile that was softer than his usual expressions as he caught his dragon's enjoyment and relaxed a little more in spite of himself. He sipped his tea until the conversation shifted to the Oerwoud and then he offered his own opinions of the place with his usual pragmatic lack of poetry.
"Yeah, I hope you get to, too. Frey made 'em a few years back, so they're still gettin' settled in." And he'd played a part in delivering the very first Walking Palm to its new home, though he wasn't quite bold enough to come out and say it. The mention of the Leap, however, gave him a perfect opening for a little boasting and he nodded, looking pleased with himself. "Sure have! We've hunted Blink Hares there, haven't we, girl?" The dragon looked up at him expectantly and expelled a little puff of smoke from her nostrils. "It's a little dicey at the edge, but the view's worth it!"
He set his teacup down and tilted his head at Sohalia in an unconscious echo of Boreal's inquisitive body language. "What's stoppin' you from takin' a skyship there t'morrow?"
"Yeah, I hope you get to, too. Frey made 'em a few years back, so they're still gettin' settled in." And he'd played a part in delivering the very first Walking Palm to its new home, though he wasn't quite bold enough to come out and say it. The mention of the Leap, however, gave him a perfect opening for a little boasting and he nodded, looking pleased with himself. "Sure have! We've hunted Blink Hares there, haven't we, girl?" The dragon looked up at him expectantly and expelled a little puff of smoke from her nostrils. "It's a little dicey at the edge, but the view's worth it!"
He set his teacup down and tilted his head at Sohalia in an unconscious echo of Boreal's inquisitive body language. "What's stoppin' you from takin' a skyship there t'morrow?"
