Tal's ears were as perked as they could be since he couldn't see the expression on his friend's companion's face. He actually stayed quiet while Sah talked, though at least some of that was due to peering through his goggles as he measured the path ahead. He paused his steps once when Sah shook his head, then led them off at an angle to their previous route as the mists curled thickly about them, blocking sight of the way they had come and both sides of their natural causeway as it forked and began to curve away from its previously straight line.
But the courier could see far enough around them to find the places where the black goop bubbled lazily against the packed earth of their route, just waiting for a slipped foot or overconfident stride.
Admittedly it wasn't easy to pay attention to the road with the unexpected twists and turns of the story being related behind him.
"Well... shit," he said succinctly when the other man finished. There was even an undertone of solidarity in his voice that was usually lacking. "I mean. Sounds like you might've dodged an arrow with her?" Otherwise the Wild Thunder would have hooked up with the Queen and never known he was second fiddle... or worse, gotten tossed aside after moving out to Torchline with his kids. "Sorry, man..." He reached up to rub the back of his neck awkwardly, then stopped abruptly, squinting suspiciously at a sudden drop off ahead. He looked around and sure enough, the path continued to the left as he remembered, but much narrower than it had been before. He tugged the rope lightly to alert Sah and then headed off in the new direction.
"Want me t'bring the vodka over tomorrow night?" Because some things transcended rivalries, at least for a little while.
But the courier could see far enough around them to find the places where the black goop bubbled lazily against the packed earth of their route, just waiting for a slipped foot or overconfident stride.
Admittedly it wasn't easy to pay attention to the road with the unexpected twists and turns of the story being related behind him.
"Well... shit," he said succinctly when the other man finished. There was even an undertone of solidarity in his voice that was usually lacking. "I mean. Sounds like you might've dodged an arrow with her?" Otherwise the Wild Thunder would have hooked up with the Queen and never known he was second fiddle... or worse, gotten tossed aside after moving out to Torchline with his kids. "Sorry, man..." He reached up to rub the back of his neck awkwardly, then stopped abruptly, squinting suspiciously at a sudden drop off ahead. He looked around and sure enough, the path continued to the left as he remembered, but much narrower than it had been before. He tugged the rope lightly to alert Sah and then headed off in the new direction.
"Want me t'bring the vodka over tomorrow night?" Because some things transcended rivalries, at least for a little while.
