From having 'friends' who were merely kindly acquaintances he only saw a couple of times a year to having a whole damn pack of people who were practically family, that he relied on and fought with and played with and missed when he was on deliveries, his life had changed drastically in the last three years. It was hard to believe, and he still woke up in the middle of the night sometimes thinking that Sah and Ru and Soh and Alys were just a wonderful dream that would be gone in the morning.
And every time he woke up in the dawn to realize they were real and he was so damn lucky that not all the prayers in the world could thank the gods enough for his good fortune.
He'd rather eat his own boot before he admitted to Sah that the man was more like a brother to him, of course. Or at least, that's what he'd thought before today. Maybe some day he'd muster up the courage to tell the Wild Thunder how he felt...
But Sah returned to his drink and Tal did, too. Their handclasp broke and so did the moment, and the courier cleared his throat self-consciously as he retrieved it. Boreal just rumbled happily as she was scratched, finally sliding back down to the floor now that the boys had calmed down.
"Oh, well. We'd get bored if it always stayed th'same," Tal agreed ruefully, raising his glass to toast his friend before tossing the drink back and settling in to catch up on how the pups - no longer quite so small - were doing these days.
~Fin~
And every time he woke up in the dawn to realize they were real and he was so damn lucky that not all the prayers in the world could thank the gods enough for his good fortune.
He'd rather eat his own boot before he admitted to Sah that the man was more like a brother to him, of course. Or at least, that's what he'd thought before today. Maybe some day he'd muster up the courage to tell the Wild Thunder how he felt...
But Sah returned to his drink and Tal did, too. Their handclasp broke and so did the moment, and the courier cleared his throat self-consciously as he retrieved it. Boreal just rumbled happily as she was scratched, finally sliding back down to the floor now that the boys had calmed down.
"Oh, well. We'd get bored if it always stayed th'same," Tal agreed ruefully, raising his glass to toast his friend before tossing the drink back and settling in to catch up on how the pups - no longer quite so small - were doing these days.
~Fin~
