"It's not gonna--" Again Tal bit off what he'd been intending to say and just shook his head, heaving a sigh. If the fawn was that fearless around wolves, or attached the scent of one to safety, it wasn't likely to live long enough to grow up. There was no point in being cruel, though, and if it gave his frenemy a little spark of joy the courier wasn't going to be the mean-spirited ass who yanked it away from him. He accepted the explanation with a shrug and jammed his hands in his pockets as he trailed behind the hunter.
Boreal kept an eye out behind them while Sah and Lilly said their farewells. Tal trudged over to peer down at the little fawn morosely as the others finished. "Yeah." He replied to the hunter, waiting for him to start walking away as he glanced at the baby one last time. "Good luck, kid," he mumbled under his breath. The fawn was probably going to need it; they'd had to move it from where its mother had left it, but Lilly or Sah had carried it the whole way. There wasn't much of a scent trail for the mother to follow if she came back, and now the little creature was hidden behind a snow blind. Tal had grown up on the Tundra. He knew the luxere fawn's chances... but that was the way of life in Halo.
Turning on his heel, he trotted to catch up with Sah and deliberately bumped his shoulder into the other man's. "C'mon. I can give you a ride back into town. Diedre was bakin' cookies today an' I bet we can snag a couple if we're quick..."
~Fin~
Boreal kept an eye out behind them while Sah and Lilly said their farewells. Tal trudged over to peer down at the little fawn morosely as the others finished. "Yeah." He replied to the hunter, waiting for him to start walking away as he glanced at the baby one last time. "Good luck, kid," he mumbled under his breath. The fawn was probably going to need it; they'd had to move it from where its mother had left it, but Lilly or Sah had carried it the whole way. There wasn't much of a scent trail for the mother to follow if she came back, and now the little creature was hidden behind a snow blind. Tal had grown up on the Tundra. He knew the luxere fawn's chances... but that was the way of life in Halo.
Turning on his heel, he trotted to catch up with Sah and deliberately bumped his shoulder into the other man's. "C'mon. I can give you a ride back into town. Diedre was bakin' cookies today an' I bet we can snag a couple if we're quick..."
~Fin~
