Melita didn't seem to be impressed and Tal scowled harder at her back. Boreal, the traitor, just chuffed her amusement at his predicament as she walked steadily beside him, following Fangorn's beckoning wake with her usual curiosity for other companions who had chosen to bond to these fascinating human creatures.
Her laughter was fey, musical, and free in the hellish landscape and it gave Tal another moment's wary pause, wondering if the girl was entirely human, or if the Climb had its own version of elementals and genies to watch out for.
Then again, with a busted ankle and an untrustworthy map, did he really have a choice?
His thoughts kept him silent as he hopped and hobbled along in her footsteps, not rising to the jibe of being duped - not least because he was afraid she was right, but fuck if he'd admit it. It was the lilies that brought his head up again, and the he who could only be one being.
"You've met Tanau?! What's he like?"
Her laughter was fey, musical, and free in the hellish landscape and it gave Tal another moment's wary pause, wondering if the girl was entirely human, or if the Climb had its own version of elementals and genies to watch out for.
Then again, with a busted ankle and an untrustworthy map, did he really have a choice?
His thoughts kept him silent as he hopped and hobbled along in her footsteps, not rising to the jibe of being duped - not least because he was afraid she was right, but fuck if he'd admit it. It was the lilies that brought his head up again, and the he who could only be one being.
"You've met Tanau?! What's he like?"
