The rest of the roll he had fed to Isuma went to himself, and he tore off little chunks to nibble on as Libbs spoke. He nodded approval of her choice of the Artisan's Guild, knowing Deimos would take good care of her there, but his expression turned sympathetic at hearing that she still didn't remember her trade. "Cahrs?" he repeated curiously, but she went on to explain and he nodded slowly - more in acknowledgment than understanding, admittedly. Something like portals, it sounded like, but... slower. So Libbs had been a portal engineer on her world?
Before he could interject with a question she had continued on. The mention of a school had him perking up again. An engineering school sounded decidedly gnome-ish in his experience, but he'd known quite a lot of it himself, at least as far as Androffan technology went on his world. He was no technomancer like his friend had been, but he was not without his own skills in the subject. "Oh? What kind of project is that?" he asked, genuinely curious and feeling a little of her excitement just from proximity to her enthusiasm. "And ah, a locksmith? That is useful! I used to dabble in it myself... I keep meaning to make myself a new set of picks, but never quite have time to get around to it," he lamented. As a bard he'd been a jack of all trades, master of... well, a few, actually. His ability to disable devices, his knowledge of engineering and technology, and his skill with his instruments had been his pride, but there had been little call for the former in Caido, and he'd let those skills rust over the past year and a half.
He grinned at her eager question, taking time to savor the roll and teasing her with the pause as he considered his answer. "Hmm. Well. There's preparations for the Midnight Party that are underway. I discovered a cannibal hideout in Halo. Oh, and I learned that dragons can, in fact, sing quite well!" He chuckled as Isuma abandoned his shoulder for the table to begin chasing down crumbs. "Or did you have anything else in mind?"
Before he could interject with a question she had continued on. The mention of a school had him perking up again. An engineering school sounded decidedly gnome-ish in his experience, but he'd known quite a lot of it himself, at least as far as Androffan technology went on his world. He was no technomancer like his friend had been, but he was not without his own skills in the subject. "Oh? What kind of project is that?" he asked, genuinely curious and feeling a little of her excitement just from proximity to her enthusiasm. "And ah, a locksmith? That is useful! I used to dabble in it myself... I keep meaning to make myself a new set of picks, but never quite have time to get around to it," he lamented. As a bard he'd been a jack of all trades, master of... well, a few, actually. His ability to disable devices, his knowledge of engineering and technology, and his skill with his instruments had been his pride, but there had been little call for the former in Caido, and he'd let those skills rust over the past year and a half.
He grinned at her eager question, taking time to savor the roll and teasing her with the pause as he considered his answer. "Hmm. Well. There's preparations for the Midnight Party that are underway. I discovered a cannibal hideout in Halo. Oh, and I learned that dragons can, in fact, sing quite well!" He chuckled as Isuma abandoned his shoulder for the table to begin chasing down crumbs. "Or did you have anything else in mind?"
