Okay, hearing apologies right off the bat did help tone down Tal's grumpiness at getting smacked with a snowball - in the jungle, of all places! A floating snowball was even weirder, and... was it smiling at him??
Waitaminute... that snowball looked familiar. There'd been that funky fort during during Deepfrost and--
"Lena!" He brightened as the Caretaker stepped into view, accompanied by a very polite and well-mannered Boreal (who knew that Good Dragons got treats) padding at her side. "Hi. So I guess that fox at th'snowball fight was you?" He shook his head ruefully, then shivered as a chunk of snow melted and ran into his ear. "Eeyurgh! Fuck, that's th'weirdest--! Uh, so, what're you doin' out here? Official Celestine stuff?" He tilted his head surreptitiously, trying to let the water run back out.
Waitaminute... that snowball looked familiar. There'd been that funky fort during during Deepfrost and--
"Lena!" He brightened as the Caretaker stepped into view, accompanied by a very polite and well-mannered Boreal (who knew that Good Dragons got treats) padding at her side. "Hi. So I guess that fox at th'snowball fight was you?" He shook his head ruefully, then shivered as a chunk of snow melted and ran into his ear. "Eeyurgh! Fuck, that's th'weirdest--! Uh, so, what're you doin' out here? Official Celestine stuff?" He tilted his head surreptitiously, trying to let the water run back out.