Tal looked dubious at her trilling; not agreeing, but refraining from openly disagreeing until he knew more about this confident girl who had appeared on his trail. At least she was friendlier than Mel...
"...'m Tal," he mumbled, shifting back a step to keep a little more space between them and turning to follow her gaze across the smoking isle. The tracks disappeared over a roll in the land, but the clouded sky cast dark shadows across the ground that obscured details of the rise beyond. "An' it's not exactly hard to find," he pointed out, gesturing to the marks in the ground at their feet. "But I guess y'can tag along, if y'want." So gracious!
Boreal crooned her approval of the young woman's attention, straightening under the cooing praise and padding forward to present her horned head for scritches. Tal looked at her with fond exasperation, his scowl trying to lighten up at the dragon's antics. "An' that's Boreal. Uh. Nice to meet you, Fiadh?" It probably shouldn't have ended on a rising question note, but at least an attempt was being made?
"...'m Tal," he mumbled, shifting back a step to keep a little more space between them and turning to follow her gaze across the smoking isle. The tracks disappeared over a roll in the land, but the clouded sky cast dark shadows across the ground that obscured details of the rise beyond. "An' it's not exactly hard to find," he pointed out, gesturing to the marks in the ground at their feet. "But I guess y'can tag along, if y'want." So gracious!
Boreal crooned her approval of the young woman's attention, straightening under the cooing praise and padding forward to present her horned head for scritches. Tal looked at her with fond exasperation, his scowl trying to lighten up at the dragon's antics. "An' that's Boreal. Uh. Nice to meet you, Fiadh?" It probably shouldn't have ended on a rising question note, but at least an attempt was being made?
