The dogs were still harnessed in their line, but that didn't stop them from jumping up and barking excitedly at the divebombing peryton, trying to leap up as high as their tethers would let them to take a nip at departing hooves or tail feathers and generally creating a tangled mess of their lines.
Bell was better behaved; she didn't jump, but she did hop to her feet and growl, fur bristling as her pack was led into disarray by the mischievous companion.
Tal glanced over, saw the chaos, and winced. But it was already too late to stop the mess and he didn't dare drop the pane now. "Is that the one in the lighthouse?" He asked curiously over his shoulder.
He settled it among the borrowed cushions (his sisters would never need to know) and then grabbed a second blanket and trotted back to catch the second pane when it was done, grin tilting crookedly at Deimos's hopes. "That'd be a good start. Say, uh... this is a 'sun' cannon, right? What happens if a dragon comes when it's cloudy? Or at night?" His brow furrowed at the need for a trigger, too, scowl threatening to pull his face into its moodier lines.
"Mm... probably don't want it to be just usable by the Council. What if Noah's off doin' demigod stuff for Vi, or you an' Sah are out meetin' leaders in Torchline or Stormbreak or something? But if just anyone could use it, that could be bad, too..." In the wrong hands it could do a lot of damage. And there were a lot of wrong hands who could sneak in to the Citadel undetected until it was too late.
Bell was better behaved; she didn't jump, but she did hop to her feet and growl, fur bristling as her pack was led into disarray by the mischievous companion.
Tal glanced over, saw the chaos, and winced. But it was already too late to stop the mess and he didn't dare drop the pane now. "Is that the one in the lighthouse?" He asked curiously over his shoulder.
He settled it among the borrowed cushions (his sisters would never need to know) and then grabbed a second blanket and trotted back to catch the second pane when it was done, grin tilting crookedly at Deimos's hopes. "That'd be a good start. Say, uh... this is a 'sun' cannon, right? What happens if a dragon comes when it's cloudy? Or at night?" His brow furrowed at the need for a trigger, too, scowl threatening to pull his face into its moodier lines.
"Mm... probably don't want it to be just usable by the Council. What if Noah's off doin' demigod stuff for Vi, or you an' Sah are out meetin' leaders in Torchline or Stormbreak or something? But if just anyone could use it, that could be bad, too..." In the wrong hands it could do a lot of damage. And there were a lot of wrong hands who could sneak in to the Citadel undetected until it was too late.
