Tal might have grown a little attached to the young tree (was it a tree? An enthusiastic bush of some kind? He was a courier, not a botanist) during the long journey they'd taken together. And even if it was a little embarrassing to have the kid see him talking to the palm Tal wasn't about to stop now that it was almost time to say goodbye.
He did squint back at how casually the word 'channel' was thrown out, looking more than a little skeptical but he was taken aback by the wink and the complete misunderstanding of his words. "I... that's not... aren't there school projects in Stormbreak?" he tried, feeling like he was rapidly losing control of the conversation.
Turning back around to so he could keep pulling the cart and scowling at a vine that looked like it might get too friendly, he shook his head at the question that came back at him. "Nah, this is the first one. I've only met Them a couple times now." The walking palm started to wander towards the other side of the cart as he spoke, shifting a little further than one might expect with every bump over the rocks and roots of their path.
He did squint back at how casually the word 'channel' was thrown out, looking more than a little skeptical but he was taken aback by the wink and the complete misunderstanding of his words. "I... that's not... aren't there school projects in Stormbreak?" he tried, feeling like he was rapidly losing control of the conversation.
Turning back around to so he could keep pulling the cart and scowling at a vine that looked like it might get too friendly, he shook his head at the question that came back at him. "Nah, this is the first one. I've only met Them a couple times now." The walking palm started to wander towards the other side of the cart as he spoke, shifting a little further than one might expect with every bump over the rocks and roots of their path.
