The dragon snorted at the clumsy humans and their silly rocks, but accepted the apologies with amiable grace as she turned to guard the tunnel at their backs. Tal spared her another grin before he went back to tapping at his seam, trying to loosen the next section free of the rock around it.
"Hey, that's kinda what my dad used t'do," Tal revealed, a little shy and a little wistful at the bittersweet memories. "For Halo. Didja train Anju at all?" He didn't know many Dragoons, but he figured he made up in quality what he lacked in quantity.
Ronin had been outnumbered and, arguably, outgunned by the Ascended swarm that rumor held had descended on Stormbreak that fateful day. Tal staunchly continued to defend the Huntsman as they hammered and tapped and cracked away at the wall, collecting small stones and chips of bloody scarlet. "I guess... sometimes there's no way to win," the courier said slowly, working his way through the idea as it moved from brain to mouth without a filter. "All y'can do is try t'lose less badly. I don't think anyone could've done better. An' most folks would've done a lot worse."
"Hey, that's kinda what my dad used t'do," Tal revealed, a little shy and a little wistful at the bittersweet memories. "For Halo. Didja train Anju at all?" He didn't know many Dragoons, but he figured he made up in quality what he lacked in quantity.
Ronin had been outnumbered and, arguably, outgunned by the Ascended swarm that rumor held had descended on Stormbreak that fateful day. Tal staunchly continued to defend the Huntsman as they hammered and tapped and cracked away at the wall, collecting small stones and chips of bloody scarlet. "I guess... sometimes there's no way to win," the courier said slowly, working his way through the idea as it moved from brain to mouth without a filter. "All y'can do is try t'lose less badly. I don't think anyone could've done better. An' most folks would've done a lot worse."
