Tal didn't have time to do more than wrinkle his nose at Alys's flare of offense before she settled back and he slowly dropped his own instinctive prickling. "Sure, an' I didn't know. S'why I was wonderin', is all," he said as soothingly as he could. "No offense meant by it."
He rubbed at the back of his neck awkwardly, trying to distract them both with a different question and he was relieved when Alys accepted the shift back towards more neutral ground. True, what she said didn't make as much sense to him once she went into details but at least she seemed happier explaining about the different personalities and preferences of the decks. "What about the third deck?" he asked, curious in spite of himself. "What kinda personality does it have?"
He rubbed at the back of his neck awkwardly, trying to distract them both with a different question and he was relieved when Alys accepted the shift back towards more neutral ground. True, what she said didn't make as much sense to him once she went into details but at least she seemed happier explaining about the different personalities and preferences of the decks. "What about the third deck?" he asked, curious in spite of himself. "What kinda personality does it have?"
