Tal wasn't polite enough to not grin triumphantly as his snowball went home, and he only stuck around long enough to make sure that Alys's coughing wasn't a sign of anything more serious before he was heading for cover.
He listened intently, crouched and waiting for her to come around the side of his wall, but after a few seconds of relative silent he popped his head up for a brief reconnoiter. He was just in time to catch a glimpse of her dark curls disappearing behind another wall and his grin widened as he rolled a second snowball and then tiptoed out from his cover. He made a dash across the open ground and cut around the end of her snowdrift, loosing one of his shots with a: "Aha!"--
But Alys was gone! He realized too late that she'd already moved position, but her footprints in the snow gave away her trail and rather than lose his momentum Tal bounded after her. This time instead of going around her snowbank he gathered himself and leapt over it with a twist, aiming his second snowball down at her while he was still in the air.
He listened intently, crouched and waiting for her to come around the side of his wall, but after a few seconds of relative silent he popped his head up for a brief reconnoiter. He was just in time to catch a glimpse of her dark curls disappearing behind another wall and his grin widened as he rolled a second snowball and then tiptoed out from his cover. He made a dash across the open ground and cut around the end of her snowdrift, loosing one of his shots with a: "Aha!"--
But Alys was gone! He realized too late that she'd already moved position, but her footprints in the snow gave away her trail and rather than lose his momentum Tal bounded after her. This time instead of going around her snowbank he gathered himself and leapt over it with a twist, aiming his second snowball down at her while he was still in the air.
