Seeing her jump made Tal feel a little smug, and it warmed him inside as the grin finally broke free at Boreal's antics.
Then the lady put her hood back and--
"Wait, you're--!" Tal's jaw dropped and it took him a solid four seconds to pick it up again. His grin became a glare again before fading into a look of faint relief. "Oh... Frey's not so bad." Frey had helped the Citadel more than once in recent seasons, according to his sisters. "Why didn't you just say that earlier?"
The dogs whined restlessly as Boreal snorted feathers into the air, clearly disappointed that she'd gotten a treat and they hadn't. At the soulful sounds of his team, Tal slid his feet off the sled's runners and went to rummage in the bag of supplies on the front of the little craft, relaxing now that he recognized one of the former Wardens.
Then the lady put her hood back and--
"Wait, you're--!" Tal's jaw dropped and it took him a solid four seconds to pick it up again. His grin became a glare again before fading into a look of faint relief. "Oh... Frey's not so bad." Frey had helped the Citadel more than once in recent seasons, according to his sisters. "Why didn't you just say that earlier?"
The dogs whined restlessly as Boreal snorted feathers into the air, clearly disappointed that she'd gotten a treat and they hadn't. At the soulful sounds of his team, Tal slid his feet off the sled's runners and went to rummage in the bag of supplies on the front of the little craft, relaxing now that he recognized one of the former Wardens.
