Of course Tal snorted right back at the hunter, rolling his eyes. "Better hope th'tiger feels the same way about us, Jester!" Better the cat than the Halovians, after all! The courier was, admittedly, rather biased.
But he also didn't want to kill the critter if they didn't have to.
Though if it came down to it, he'd back the meat back to Halo as readily as any ursur's bounty.
Whatever comeback Tal had been expecting to his culinary question, it wasn't that, and the courier's grin widened with mischief - and a bit of smugness. "O' course! Cake, too. Next time Mal bakes 'em I'll drop some off." And he'd stick around to see Sah's expression when the cookies blew the other man's mind.
The companions went hunting and Tal also helped clear some of the glowing vegetation (fungi?) away from the area so that the net and pit were both shrouded in gloom that hid them as effectively as they men could manage without more elaborate camouflage.
"Hmm... I need t'be able to get close enough t'see it in action," Tal mused. "A tree'd be safest, but too far away. Uh..." He looked around, brow furrowed as he searched for inspiration - and found it, pale eyes lighting up. "What if we hide in the trees the net's attached to? Soon as the tiger goes through it an' hopefully stumbles into th'pit, you can knock the grate over it with your magic an' I'll scoop up the drippin's." And that way Tal would be close enough to use his goggles to see the cat's eyes as it fought with the net.
While he was saying this, the courier went to place some smaller gobs of meat in a loose trail back to the Undergrove entrance they'd used. The last thing he wanted was for the companions to end up as accidental bait.
But he also didn't want to kill the critter if they didn't have to.
Though if it came down to it, he'd back the meat back to Halo as readily as any ursur's bounty.
Whatever comeback Tal had been expecting to his culinary question, it wasn't that, and the courier's grin widened with mischief - and a bit of smugness. "O' course! Cake, too. Next time Mal bakes 'em I'll drop some off." And he'd stick around to see Sah's expression when the cookies blew the other man's mind.
The companions went hunting and Tal also helped clear some of the glowing vegetation (fungi?) away from the area so that the net and pit were both shrouded in gloom that hid them as effectively as they men could manage without more elaborate camouflage.
"Hmm... I need t'be able to get close enough t'see it in action," Tal mused. "A tree'd be safest, but too far away. Uh..." He looked around, brow furrowed as he searched for inspiration - and found it, pale eyes lighting up. "What if we hide in the trees the net's attached to? Soon as the tiger goes through it an' hopefully stumbles into th'pit, you can knock the grate over it with your magic an' I'll scoop up the drippin's." And that way Tal would be close enough to use his goggles to see the cat's eyes as it fought with the net.
While he was saying this, the courier went to place some smaller gobs of meat in a loose trail back to the Undergrove entrance they'd used. The last thing he wanted was for the companions to end up as accidental bait.
