Stubbornness, pride, and a competitive nature were not his best qualities, but they could be harnessed to get a job done. It might have taken twice as long as he'd hoped, but Tal finally sat back on his haunches to survey his section of wall with a sharp nod of approval. It was done, and they could finally move on to the next section.
Boreal hopped up from where she'd been snoozing in a wheelbarrow to stretch and croon encouragement to the other humans as they gathered for farewells and went home to rest.
The next day came just as early as the previous one had and Tal stretched his muscles carefully, warming up while he waited for the day's assignments. He considered the piles of snow with a flicker of brewing mischief in his eyes as he looked over to his sleepy dragon companion, but in the end pragmatism won out over mayhem.
"I'll keep mixin'," he said, holding in the sigh with a manful effort as Evie made a start on the other cauldron. It was boring as hail, but he had the practice at it now and it seemed smarter not to change things up at this point in the project, however much he might want to. He headed over to start filling his own cauldron with snow to melt into water before adding in the powdered mix and stirring with the slow, steady rhythm he'd gotten used to.
Tal takes one for the team and gets to mixing cement!
Boreal hopped up from where she'd been snoozing in a wheelbarrow to stretch and croon encouragement to the other humans as they gathered for farewells and went home to rest.
The next day came just as early as the previous one had and Tal stretched his muscles carefully, warming up while he waited for the day's assignments. He considered the piles of snow with a flicker of brewing mischief in his eyes as he looked over to his sleepy dragon companion, but in the end pragmatism won out over mayhem.
"I'll keep mixin'," he said, holding in the sigh with a manful effort as Evie made a start on the other cauldron. It was boring as hail, but he had the practice at it now and it seemed smarter not to change things up at this point in the project, however much he might want to. He headed over to start filling his own cauldron with snow to melt into water before adding in the powdered mix and stirring with the slow, steady rhythm he'd gotten used to.
Tal takes one for the team and gets to mixing cement!
