At the mention of motherhood Tal's expression closed over and he knelt down beside Bell, continuing to scratch her ears but leaning over to distract her harness-partner from trying to jump on Hotaru again. His expression said he had opinions, but for once he didn't give them voice.
Instead he wrinkled his nose in affectionate exasperation with his siblings at the offered discount. "Nah, they can afford it. Don't tell 'em, or they'll try to drag me along next time." Hot baths were paradise, but public bathing? Tal shivered a little inside his furs, and Boreal grumbled from where her body hid the rock, still playing with feathers. "Longheat circuit the long-way 'round the White is done for the year. Heading into Leafchange, I only work express deliveries. We're tough, but even we're not good enough to survive an early Deepfrost blow out on the flats." He nodded his head gloomily. "So I guess I'm stuck back in the Citadel for another season, once the snows get too heavy for the sled." It was an entire soliloquy, coming from Tal.
"You were one of the Outlander wardens, yeah? Why d'you stay in Halo, when the rest of Caido is supposed to be so much..." he lifted a hand from Bell's ears to wave it vaguely, not personally familiar with the rumors. "...warmer?"
Instead he wrinkled his nose in affectionate exasperation with his siblings at the offered discount. "Nah, they can afford it. Don't tell 'em, or they'll try to drag me along next time." Hot baths were paradise, but public bathing? Tal shivered a little inside his furs, and Boreal grumbled from where her body hid the rock, still playing with feathers. "Longheat circuit the long-way 'round the White is done for the year. Heading into Leafchange, I only work express deliveries. We're tough, but even we're not good enough to survive an early Deepfrost blow out on the flats." He nodded his head gloomily. "So I guess I'm stuck back in the Citadel for another season, once the snows get too heavy for the sled." It was an entire soliloquy, coming from Tal.
"You were one of the Outlander wardens, yeah? Why d'you stay in Halo, when the rest of Caido is supposed to be so much..." he lifted a hand from Bell's ears to wave it vaguely, not personally familiar with the rumors. "...warmer?"
