"Keep laughin', Jester!" Tal growled as he started to catch his balance--
And then the bridge swayed and he yelped, stumbling to one knee and scraping it against the rough wood of a plank. Oh, {i]hail[i} no, he wasn't going to let that slide!
With a muffled curse the courier launched himself forward, running more recklessly now that he had Sah to test the way ahead for him. He didn't have to worry about blind curves or missing planks when he could use the hunter's steps to test the way for him, and fleet though Sah was Tal was soon back on his heels. The end of the bridge was fast approaching, the courier knew, and he was growing desperate to regain the lead.
"Think fast!" he yelled - as much to startle Sah as to give him fair warning. He wanted to slow the other man down, not hurt him, after all. And as soon as the words were out of his mouth he snagged a trailing vine and tried to flick it between the hunter's feet!
And then the bridge swayed and he yelped, stumbling to one knee and scraping it against the rough wood of a plank. Oh, {i]hail[i} no, he wasn't going to let that slide!
With a muffled curse the courier launched himself forward, running more recklessly now that he had Sah to test the way ahead for him. He didn't have to worry about blind curves or missing planks when he could use the hunter's steps to test the way for him, and fleet though Sah was Tal was soon back on his heels. The end of the bridge was fast approaching, the courier knew, and he was growing desperate to regain the lead.
"Think fast!" he yelled - as much to startle Sah as to give him fair warning. He wanted to slow the other man down, not hurt him, after all. And as soon as the words were out of his mouth he snagged a trailing vine and tried to flick it between the hunter's feet!
