If she'd asked Tal would have been happy to explain his take on the whole quest angle - as he'd once asked and been taught by Noah and Hotaru. So long as Alys kept her questions and opinions to herself, however, there was little he could do but misinterpret her expression as disgust with the sticky, blood-like sap. He wasn't too thrilled with the substance himself, and he was glad for any distraction from it while he waited to collect it with impatience that was bound to be short-lived.
"Mm... startin' out, doesn't matter where," he admitted, thinking through the ramifications as she brought them up. "Eventually, yeah, once the 'prenticeship is over I'd like 'em to start runnin' shop in Torchline."
He glared at the sap, trying to will it to run faster before looking back to Alys and listening to her ideas... or lack thereof. "Well, I'm lookin' for a 'prentice." He offered her a crooked grin, figuring she would have already offered if she was interested. "But other'n that... um. What'd your parents do for a livin'? Did they pass any of it down t'you?" Some things ran in the family, after all. It was how Tal had gotten his own start as a courier; apprenticing with his aunt.
"Mm... startin' out, doesn't matter where," he admitted, thinking through the ramifications as she brought them up. "Eventually, yeah, once the 'prenticeship is over I'd like 'em to start runnin' shop in Torchline."
He glared at the sap, trying to will it to run faster before looking back to Alys and listening to her ideas... or lack thereof. "Well, I'm lookin' for a 'prentice." He offered her a crooked grin, figuring she would have already offered if she was interested. "But other'n that... um. What'd your parents do for a livin'? Did they pass any of it down t'you?" Some things ran in the family, after all. It was how Tal had gotten his own start as a courier; apprenticing with his aunt.
