Tal gave a grumpy shrug, caught without a good answer to the stranger's questions. "I dunno who was in charge back then," he admitted. "But they've helped Halo a lot over the years. So, this Ronin guy started a good thing, at least. Saved more lives than any other guild in recent memory, at least." He wasn't even sure why he was defending some guy he'd never met before, but backing gracefully out of an argument wasn't a skill the headstrong young man had ever learned.
He could dig real good, though.
Amun laughed and Tal just blinked, wondering what he'd said that was so funny. Ignoring the bits about Ronin's popularity in favor of the more immediate issue of local ghosts, he just pointed behind Amun. "Yeah, I looked, an' you're not leaving any footprints in the snow. Sometimes you look solid, but then you walk right through the drifts, not over 'em. That's not what living people usually do," he pointed out patiently, trying to get the lost spirit to understand that it had already shuffled off its mortal coil.
He could dig real good, though.
Amun laughed and Tal just blinked, wondering what he'd said that was so funny. Ignoring the bits about Ronin's popularity in favor of the more immediate issue of local ghosts, he just pointed behind Amun. "Yeah, I looked, an' you're not leaving any footprints in the snow. Sometimes you look solid, but then you walk right through the drifts, not over 'em. That's not what living people usually do," he pointed out patiently, trying to get the lost spirit to understand that it had already shuffled off its mortal coil.
