Tal had hunted plenty of things that weren't ursur when he'd been on the trail, and he worked with a quiet efficiency that improved as the adrenaline began to fade and his hands steadied. He took one side of the bear while Deimos took the other so they could more quickly see the large task through.
Maybe it was just that people weren't used to Tal being introspective; it wasn't a state of mind the courier found himself in very often. He paused in his cutting for a moment to digest what Deimos had said, alone having been his default state when facing problems on the trail for as long as he'd held his position. A flash of a grateful smile was quickly hidden by the duck of his head before he moved to the other side of the bear to continue the work.
Silence greeted Deimos's words; perhaps thoughtful or just merely distracted by the task at hand. It was hard to tell with the bulk of a giant tusked bear between them. "...Okay, that sounds gross," he finally said, and perhaps Deimos could hear the way his nose wrinkled as he said it. "Are you sure he wasn't just teasin' you? Maybe it's some weird hunter joke on Outlanders?" He hadn't really thought about Noah as the joking kind before, but he also only really knew the man by reputation. After all, none of the legends around Deimos had mentioned his sense of humor before, either.
Maybe it was just that people weren't used to Tal being introspective; it wasn't a state of mind the courier found himself in very often. He paused in his cutting for a moment to digest what Deimos had said, alone having been his default state when facing problems on the trail for as long as he'd held his position. A flash of a grateful smile was quickly hidden by the duck of his head before he moved to the other side of the bear to continue the work.
Silence greeted Deimos's words; perhaps thoughtful or just merely distracted by the task at hand. It was hard to tell with the bulk of a giant tusked bear between them. "...Okay, that sounds gross," he finally said, and perhaps Deimos could hear the way his nose wrinkled as he said it. "Are you sure he wasn't just teasin' you? Maybe it's some weird hunter joke on Outlanders?" He hadn't really thought about Noah as the joking kind before, but he also only really knew the man by reputation. After all, none of the legends around Deimos had mentioned his sense of humor before, either.
