I will take you up on that soon, good sir, Jigano thanked his companion with a lazy wink. At the moment he was comfortably chatting with a friend while the caught as much sun as they could in their baskets. He was getting hot, but not to the point where he had to move just yet.
You're incorrigible, you mean," the dragon replied, amused in spite of himself by Adam's strangely endearing charm. It let the ex-highwayman get away with saying things he doubted he'd find funny from anyone else. No tempting my guildmates, please. They get in enough trouble on their own! It did lead to a rather high turnover of members, between those who died and the ones who just disappeared.
And then came the lecture, one that was well-meaning and thorough and left the bard blinking in silence - speechless for once, a minor miracle. Only when Adam wound down to a finish did the dragon start to shake, a rumbling growl working its way from his chest through his long throat and finally out into quiet roar of laughter. The only reason there weren't tears in his eyes was his scaly form, and it was a good thing he was already laying down or he might have collapsed to the ground - or at least staggered from the force of a good belly laugh. Adam... Adam you are an education, he exclaimed fondly, glad the Attuned bond let him speak through his rumbling chuckles. Thank you for that. I didn't realize how much I needed it.
It took several more moments to get himself back under control, but saying Rory's name always came with flickers of wistful love and sadness. I don't know... if he'll ever really come back, he admitted softly of his mate, facing it for the first time. The last few years have been hard on him. Hard on everyone, I know, but Rory... it's not a bad thing, that he focuses on his land and the farm. There's something in him that needs time and space to heal, but there are days... days I wonder if it will ever really heal or not. It's... hard, sometimes. He felt a little like he was betraying his lover to even admit it, but with Peter's situation he thought Adam might understand better than anyone else. You're right, though. I should go, just to see it for myself at least once. And if Pet won't go with you, well, maybe we can go together and find a bar to drown our sorrows in, he suggested with an attempt at cheerfulness.
You're incorrigible, you mean," the dragon replied, amused in spite of himself by Adam's strangely endearing charm. It let the ex-highwayman get away with saying things he doubted he'd find funny from anyone else. No tempting my guildmates, please. They get in enough trouble on their own! It did lead to a rather high turnover of members, between those who died and the ones who just disappeared.
And then came the lecture, one that was well-meaning and thorough and left the bard blinking in silence - speechless for once, a minor miracle. Only when Adam wound down to a finish did the dragon start to shake, a rumbling growl working its way from his chest through his long throat and finally out into quiet roar of laughter. The only reason there weren't tears in his eyes was his scaly form, and it was a good thing he was already laying down or he might have collapsed to the ground - or at least staggered from the force of a good belly laugh. Adam... Adam you are an education, he exclaimed fondly, glad the Attuned bond let him speak through his rumbling chuckles. Thank you for that. I didn't realize how much I needed it.
It took several more moments to get himself back under control, but saying Rory's name always came with flickers of wistful love and sadness. I don't know... if he'll ever really come back, he admitted softly of his mate, facing it for the first time. The last few years have been hard on him. Hard on everyone, I know, but Rory... it's not a bad thing, that he focuses on his land and the farm. There's something in him that needs time and space to heal, but there are days... days I wonder if it will ever really heal or not. It's... hard, sometimes. He felt a little like he was betraying his lover to even admit it, but with Peter's situation he thought Adam might understand better than anyone else. You're right, though. I should go, just to see it for myself at least once. And if Pet won't go with you, well, maybe we can go together and find a bar to drown our sorrows in, he suggested with an attempt at cheerfulness.
