[PQ+] the scale of ambition

By now even Tal had noticed the change in Sah and Delia. He didn't know the details, but in a rare display of tact he didn't push the Advisor and only managed a strained and worried half-smile for Delia, itching to ask what had happened...

But not here. Now now. It was too public and he was too anxious under the eyes of those who had gathered to help to broach something so obviously unpleasant for them both.

Deimos provided welcome distraction by way of a plan and Tal nodded agreement. "Don't know much about stonework aside from fixin' the chimney," he admitted, disliking admitting to lacking anything with Sah nearby, even as subdued as the other young man was. "An' I'm not much of a builder, but I can at least cut an' shape any wood for the framing inside, once we've got the foundation dug." He'd made and repaired enough sleds to know a fair bit of woodworking, at least, even if it wasn't construction from the ground up they way they needed it now. "If it's gonna be that tall, might want the bottom sittin' on something more solid than dirt. It's gonna settle and sink by the time we get to buildin' th'top, otherwise."

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Tal agrees with digging a foundation and offers to help with the wood framing of the structure