Tal laughed out loud at the enumeration of the pup's adventures and looked up again to give the little scamp a salute. "Keep given' 'im hail, Pad!" he encouraged the little black wolf. "You're doin' great!" He wasn't usually inclined to encourage bad behavior in dogs - er, wolves - but for Sah he'd make an exception. That, and the opportunity to make friends with a companion who bullied Sah the way Boreal sometimes bullied him was too great to resist.
His laughter trailed into a chuckle as he looked over to the hunter again, this time with something almost like sympathy in his eyes if there wasn't so much amusement there, too. "Are you tellin' me you can't outstubborn a pup?" he teased. He looked up again just as Pad sneezed and Tal's heart contracted with the familiar silent awwww! that he would never admit to another human. "Boreal could probably grab him while he's sneezin," he mused thoughtfully instead to cover it, "but I don't want 'im strugglin' while she's flyin'. An' if she does that, he'll never trust her again. Have you always used your magic t'get him down before?" There were several ways they could get him down in a hurry, but none of them ended with a happy Pad and he'd never let Tal and Boreal help him again if they cut down his branch right now. "What's his favorite treat?" If you can't coax them, bribe them, right?
His laughter trailed into a chuckle as he looked over to the hunter again, this time with something almost like sympathy in his eyes if there wasn't so much amusement there, too. "Are you tellin' me you can't outstubborn a pup?" he teased. He looked up again just as Pad sneezed and Tal's heart contracted with the familiar silent awwww! that he would never admit to another human. "Boreal could probably grab him while he's sneezin," he mused thoughtfully instead to cover it, "but I don't want 'im strugglin' while she's flyin'. An' if she does that, he'll never trust her again. Have you always used your magic t'get him down before?" There were several ways they could get him down in a hurry, but none of them ended with a happy Pad and he'd never let Tal and Boreal help him again if they cut down his branch right now. "What's his favorite treat?" If you can't coax them, bribe them, right?
