It wasn't the first time that Tal had been back to Halo since Starfall, but it hadn't gotten any easier, even as he brought another hold full of rebuilding supplies from Stormbreak. The Peregrine couldn't carry nearly the weight and load of the larger ships, but she was all that the courier had, and he offered what he could to his birthplace even as much of his time was spent helping out in his new home.
Not that his split loyalties made the guilt any easier to bear. He was doing his best...
But when had his best ever been enough?
"C'mon, girl," he called to his dragon, who had stopped to press her muzzle against a butcher shop window. She reluctantly pulled herself away, snorting her opinion of his priorities as he paused in turn beside the entrance of one of the training grounds. He and Sah had fought in there just a couple short months ago...
Giving in to the impulse, he slipped inside. Nothing had been damaged here, inside the Citadel walls, but no one had obviously used it in a few weeks, either. He bent to right one of the training dummies and he spotted an axe nearby. Hefting it with a thoughtful look, he suddenly turned and chopped fiercely at the target, letting out a frustrated yell at his own helplessness in the face of world-shaking catastrophe.
Boreal just ambled back to the entry and spread her wings to leap up onto the roof, making herself comfortable in the chilly air by stretching out on the sun-warmed tiles while her human worked out some of his issues on the defenseless dummy.
Soleil
Not that his split loyalties made the guilt any easier to bear. He was doing his best...
But when had his best ever been enough?
"C'mon, girl," he called to his dragon, who had stopped to press her muzzle against a butcher shop window. She reluctantly pulled herself away, snorting her opinion of his priorities as he paused in turn beside the entrance of one of the training grounds. He and Sah had fought in there just a couple short months ago...
Giving in to the impulse, he slipped inside. Nothing had been damaged here, inside the Citadel walls, but no one had obviously used it in a few weeks, either. He bent to right one of the training dummies and he spotted an axe nearby. Hefting it with a thoughtful look, he suddenly turned and chopped fiercely at the target, letting out a frustrated yell at his own helplessness in the face of world-shaking catastrophe.
Boreal just ambled back to the entry and spread her wings to leap up onto the roof, making herself comfortable in the chilly air by stretching out on the sun-warmed tiles while her human worked out some of his issues on the defenseless dummy.
Soleil
