The candle burst into merry life and Tal blinked cautiously up from his crouch as the cat seemed to laugh at his jumpiness. There was no mask or fluttering rags to announce the herald's arrival, but the voice that slipped out from the darkness was one that the courier knew quite well by now. It did nothing to relax him, of course, but since he'd literally just asked for it at least he was prepared for it.
Mostly.
He looked around warily, half-expecting the god to pop out of the aether behind him just for the pleasure of scaring him witless not, alas, a high bar but when nothing happened and he looked back at the altar his Dust was gone and his Dagger was...
Huh. That looked like it might hurt someone.
"Thanks, Ludo," he murmured, balancing the umbrella with one hand and reaching out to collect the Dagger with the other, handling it carefully. "I'll, uh, I'll try t'use it well. Or at least not too badly." He sheathed it and rubbed his nose, then bowed again to the altar before making his escape from the storm and the nightmares that hid in it.
~Fin~
Mostly.
He looked around warily, half-expecting the god to pop out of the aether behind him just for the pleasure of scaring him witless not, alas, a high bar but when nothing happened and he looked back at the altar his Dust was gone and his Dagger was...
Huh. That looked like it might hurt someone.
"Thanks, Ludo," he murmured, balancing the umbrella with one hand and reaching out to collect the Dagger with the other, handling it carefully. "I'll, uh, I'll try t'use it well. Or at least not too badly." He sheathed it and rubbed his nose, then bowed again to the altar before making his escape from the storm and the nightmares that hid in it.
~Fin~
