Tal bumped Soh's shoulder companionably with his own and listened to her ideas, nodding along with both the dream and the reality she described. When she fell back into thoughtful silence he offered her a lopsided grin as he reached for a clean rag to begin some polishing on his own lantern. "Hey, y'don't have t'have all the answers today. An' y'certainly don't have to give 'em to me," he reassured his friend. "But those're the sorta questions Ru might ask. So... yeah. Just a place t'start thinkin' an' workshoppin' with your people." She still had time before she had to meet with Halo's Abandoned, and he was pretty sure he'd heard something about Stormbreak having a council, so hopefully they'd have better ideas than he did.
At least the topic of Stormbreak's near-future was a little less fraught. He wasn't sure how good his advice was, but Soh seemed to appreciate it and Tal sat a little straighter, grinning at the words 'you're right' and basking in the implied praise. Boreal huffed her amusement and then offered Sohalia her own assistance, earning a laughing "Boreal, stop that!" from Tal when he saw the mess she'd left. She just looked smug and rested her chin back on Soh's knee as the courier reached up to scratch an imaginary itch on his nose to distract himself from the pleasant heat turning his ears pink at his friend's gratitude. "Hey, any time. It's what friends're for, yeah?"
At least the topic of Stormbreak's near-future was a little less fraught. He wasn't sure how good his advice was, but Soh seemed to appreciate it and Tal sat a little straighter, grinning at the words 'you're right' and basking in the implied praise. Boreal huffed her amusement and then offered Sohalia her own assistance, earning a laughing "Boreal, stop that!" from Tal when he saw the mess she'd left. She just looked smug and rested her chin back on Soh's knee as the courier reached up to scratch an imaginary itch on his nose to distract himself from the pleasant heat turning his ears pink at his friend's gratitude. "Hey, any time. It's what friends're for, yeah?"
