Boreal regally ignored Belial's amusement. Instead she gathered herself and leapt back into the sky, wings straining heavily to lift her bulk until she caught an updraft to help her along. The sand was far too hot for her liking, and she had no wish to burn the pads of her feet on it when she could fly instead.
Tal thought for a moment about Deimos's question, then gave a laconic shrug, brow furrowed in uncertainty. "I... dunno. Maybe? Hard to imagine Halo without snow but... it wasn't always that way." He chewed his lip, thinking fiercely before he tried again. "At least, I don't want things gettin' worse for us. A couple more big deals with Her Iciness an' I'm not sure humans'll be able to survive there anymore. I don't want that." Maybe not a challenge, so much as a mitigating force on the Eirachi's power over his home. And a hope for future generations of Seawrights.
He hadn't asked directly if he'd passed, so Deimos didn't technically dodge the non-question, but Tal glared his uncertainty at the horizon as he was left wondering. Maybe the test was still ongoing? "This Shrine, what's it look like?" he asked to pass the time instead.
Tal thought for a moment about Deimos's question, then gave a laconic shrug, brow furrowed in uncertainty. "I... dunno. Maybe? Hard to imagine Halo without snow but... it wasn't always that way." He chewed his lip, thinking fiercely before he tried again. "At least, I don't want things gettin' worse for us. A couple more big deals with Her Iciness an' I'm not sure humans'll be able to survive there anymore. I don't want that." Maybe not a challenge, so much as a mitigating force on the Eirachi's power over his home. And a hope for future generations of Seawrights.
He hadn't asked directly if he'd passed, so Deimos didn't technically dodge the non-question, but Tal glared his uncertainty at the horizon as he was left wondering. Maybe the test was still ongoing? "This Shrine, what's it look like?" he asked to pass the time instead.
