Tal scowled beneath his makeshift mask as she laughed at him openly. "This is fuckin' dismal" he groaned to himself and his dragon. The only saving grace was that his flushed cheeks were hidden from view as he tried to push Boreal away and got slowly to his feet, dusting himself off with an attempt at dignity that was far too little, too late. The sturdy dragon didn't even budge an inch, snorting her amusement in a trickle of smoke from her nostrils.
"Yeah, well... I guess." He grumbled at the silver lining she'd so helpfully found for him, but a quick glance at her lithely muscled frame and ready staff convinced him not to say anything that could get him 'helpfully' dumped back into the fiery pool. "I'm fi--" he started to wave her off with the usual platitudes, but as soon as he tried to take a step on his right leg he felt his ankle buckle and he hissed, only barely catching himself against the warm, scaly companion that suddenly pressed close to his injured side with a grumble of concerned annoyance for her idiot bonded. "Uh..." Tal's eyes watered behind his goggles and he quickly blinked them clear.
"Maybe... not?"
"Yeah, well... I guess." He grumbled at the silver lining she'd so helpfully found for him, but a quick glance at her lithely muscled frame and ready staff convinced him not to say anything that could get him 'helpfully' dumped back into the fiery pool. "I'm fi--" he started to wave her off with the usual platitudes, but as soon as he tried to take a step on his right leg he felt his ankle buckle and he hissed, only barely catching himself against the warm, scaly companion that suddenly pressed close to his injured side with a grumble of concerned annoyance for her idiot bonded. "Uh..." Tal's eyes watered behind his goggles and he quickly blinked them clear.
"Maybe... not?"
