Tal nodded agreement to Noah's admonition to move swiftly, and he put his knife to work with focused tenacity. After a few moments he felt the bruises and scrapes of the day lifting away and he paused to look between Noah and Deimos with a little awe. "Whoever that was-- thanks!" It didn't make the bloody work more pleasant, but at least it made it less miserable as they sawed and skinned and worked with due diligence.
He was content to work in silence as Boreal continued her watchful circling overhead, making sure they wouldn't be interrupted. At Noah's words he paused, however, head coming up as he swallowed and gave a sharp nod of his head. "Yessir." He slanted a glance to Deimos with a flicker of a wry grin for the conversation over the trebuchets. "Couldn't imagine being anywhere else." Though the vague worry that Noah and Deimos would be somewhere other than Halo because timey wimey was something he couldn't wrap his head around. More than anyone, the two men with him today belonged on the Citadel's ramparts when War came to the north.
Energized with pride at the praise and trust his hero placed in him. Tal went back to work with a will, almost cheerfully savage as he helped collect their final ingredient to make the Halovian skyport a reality.
He was content to work in silence as Boreal continued her watchful circling overhead, making sure they wouldn't be interrupted. At Noah's words he paused, however, head coming up as he swallowed and gave a sharp nod of his head. "Yessir." He slanted a glance to Deimos with a flicker of a wry grin for the conversation over the trebuchets. "Couldn't imagine being anywhere else." Though the vague worry that Noah and Deimos would be somewhere other than Halo because timey wimey was something he couldn't wrap his head around. More than anyone, the two men with him today belonged on the Citadel's ramparts when War came to the north.
Energized with pride at the praise and trust his hero placed in him. Tal went back to work with a will, almost cheerfully savage as he helped collect their final ingredient to make the Halovian skyport a reality.
