Tal was surprisingly good at being quiet. Spending so much time alone with just the dogs to talk to probably had something to do with it, but the courier didn't try to interrupt or interject while Sah spoke. The only Stormbreak soldier that Tal knew of was Anju - who couldn't possibly be described as being a teenager, and didn't seem like the type to rail the way this girl did.
Child, from the sounds of it.
His brow furrowed as he tapped away at the ice, trying to follow along with the reasoning that had gone back and forth between the two - at least, from Sah's perspective. And sure, he got what the other man was trying to say. But the girl...
Damn. Damn.
Tal scowled and hit the next section of wall unnecessarily hard, and that was before Sah's voice fell and the whisper cut through the silence of the cave like a knife.
The courier stiffened and then turned to jab a finger towards the Abandoned with a fierce glower. "It's not just Abandoned she's gonna have to worry about, spoutin' that bullshit. An' if she gets herself killed, it's her own fault for spewin' poison til she chokes on it. She doesn't know what the hail she's talkin' about. For one thing, you're nothin' like the Voice. As if you'd ever hurt people like She has!" Tal spit to the side, the water freezing to ice before it landed. "The fact you're even askin' is proof you aren't. Idiot," he added, grumbling as he realized how worked up he'd gotten, heat rushing to his neck and ears. "Y'know I'd tell you if y'ever started down that road. An' you haven't. Don't listen to that jealous brat."
Tink! And that was when Sah's pickaxe hit a piece of 'ice' that didn't crack.
Child, from the sounds of it.
His brow furrowed as he tapped away at the ice, trying to follow along with the reasoning that had gone back and forth between the two - at least, from Sah's perspective. And sure, he got what the other man was trying to say. But the girl...
Damn. Damn.
Tal scowled and hit the next section of wall unnecessarily hard, and that was before Sah's voice fell and the whisper cut through the silence of the cave like a knife.
The courier stiffened and then turned to jab a finger towards the Abandoned with a fierce glower. "It's not just Abandoned she's gonna have to worry about, spoutin' that bullshit. An' if she gets herself killed, it's her own fault for spewin' poison til she chokes on it. She doesn't know what the hail she's talkin' about. For one thing, you're nothin' like the Voice. As if you'd ever hurt people like She has!" Tal spit to the side, the water freezing to ice before it landed. "The fact you're even askin' is proof you aren't. Idiot," he added, grumbling as he realized how worked up he'd gotten, heat rushing to his neck and ears. "Y'know I'd tell you if y'ever started down that road. An' you haven't. Don't listen to that jealous brat."
Tink! And that was when Sah's pickaxe hit a piece of 'ice' that didn't crack.
