For a moment Tal didn't even realize that he'd been released. The easing of pressure felt so good it was practically an endorphin rush and he drew in a full, deep breath and exhaled before realizing that he was free--
And Boreal was still arrowing down in an intended strafing run. "I'm fine! I'm fine!" he yelped, scrambling to get his feet back on the sandy seabed beneath him so he could wave the dragon off before she blasted him with dragonfire. The concerned companion swallowed back her fire and pulled up into a heavy landing on the roof of the Peregrine's deck cabin, burping a large cloud of smoke out as her expression turned peculiar.
Tal breathed a sigh of relief and glanced around to make sure the other danger was gone when he spied the fin a mere handful of feet away. He had just enough time to grab the gunwale again before the shark - shark?!?!?! - grabbed him again. It was lucky (he thought) that it kept biting his Vest instead of an arm or a leg since it left one arm free to retaliate.
"The fuck is wrong with you? Stupid shark!" Remembering something someone had once said in Torchline, Tal tried to brace himself as best he could and thump the offending fish on the top of its (tender?) nose.
And Boreal was still arrowing down in an intended strafing run. "I'm fine! I'm fine!" he yelped, scrambling to get his feet back on the sandy seabed beneath him so he could wave the dragon off before she blasted him with dragonfire. The concerned companion swallowed back her fire and pulled up into a heavy landing on the roof of the Peregrine's deck cabin, burping a large cloud of smoke out as her expression turned peculiar.
Tal breathed a sigh of relief and glanced around to make sure the other danger was gone when he spied the fin a mere handful of feet away. He had just enough time to grab the gunwale again before the shark - shark?!?!?! - grabbed him again. It was lucky (he thought) that it kept biting his Vest instead of an arm or a leg since it left one arm free to retaliate.
"The fuck is wrong with you? Stupid shark!" Remembering something someone had once said in Torchline, Tal tried to brace himself as best he could and thump the offending fish on the top of its (tender?) nose.
