He hadn't seen Ronin since the debacle in the basement, thanks to his attempts to avoid the town and the people in it. Jigano was shocked to see the changes in the King since that day, the effects of his sickness - or perhaps his kingship - weighing heavily on the soldier. The terse greeting was still more courtesy than he had expected, however, and he couldn't find a flicker of anger for the blunted barb. He only shook his head, shaking hands closing more tightly around his staff for support.
"No... It's... it's Edy," he said instead, voice as soft as Ronin's because the words refused to come now that it was time to speak them. Once he said it, there would be no taking them back, no returning to how things had been before that afternoon. "She's..." He choked on the final word, squeezing his eyes shut as the image of teeth and brilliant flames remained burned into the back of his eyelids, reliving the moment over and over again. "There was a landshark," he managed finally, the shaking in his cold fingers traveling to his shoulders. "And fire and then... she was gone, and I couldn't find her." Bobi, too, and he felt Isuma's shock and grief intertwined with his own for the friends they would not see again until they traveled to Mort's domain.
"No... It's... it's Edy," he said instead, voice as soft as Ronin's because the words refused to come now that it was time to speak them. Once he said it, there would be no taking them back, no returning to how things had been before that afternoon. "She's..." He choked on the final word, squeezing his eyes shut as the image of teeth and brilliant flames remained burned into the back of his eyelids, reliving the moment over and over again. "There was a landshark," he managed finally, the shaking in his cold fingers traveling to his shoulders. "And fire and then... she was gone, and I couldn't find her." Bobi, too, and he felt Isuma's shock and grief intertwined with his own for the friends they would not see again until they traveled to Mort's domain.