"Ezra? I've met them," Jigano confirmed, though he was surprised at the news. The delicate, pouting princess who had struggled to make a simple lantern had taken over running the bar? Curious... but then, he hardly knew them well. It was good news to have, and a reminder of all the things he had yet to regain after his brush with the blight had stolen a season's worth of days from him.
So much to do, so little time, and even less by the hour. The list of LongNight preparations was lengthy and Adam, it would seem, had made no attempt to find out what all the fuss was about earlier. Apparently he had been here long enough to know better, if he'd arrived almost a year ago, and Jigano fought back the urge to sigh in frustration. "They tend to be drawn to light and sound. People, in other words. If no one is at your house they might not do much... but they're petty and destructive, and not always predictable. They destroy for the sake of it. You were here last year for the clean up, it sounds like?"
He was glad to hear that Adam would make an effort to coax luxere close to the Settlement, though the shame the other man felt at his illiteracy was a little surprising. "It's not unusual here," he said gently. "Quite a few Naturals can't either. Reading is a luxury when you spend every hour of the day trying to scrape enough food to eat out of the stubborn ground." Rory was learning in bits and pieces, but the hunter had his own stubbornness, as endearing as it was exasperating. "But no, I won't tell anyone. I give you my word on that." It wasn't anyone else's business anyways, and what was one more secret to a lorekeeper? This one was small and light compared to others that he carried.
So much to do, so little time, and even less by the hour. The list of LongNight preparations was lengthy and Adam, it would seem, had made no attempt to find out what all the fuss was about earlier. Apparently he had been here long enough to know better, if he'd arrived almost a year ago, and Jigano fought back the urge to sigh in frustration. "They tend to be drawn to light and sound. People, in other words. If no one is at your house they might not do much... but they're petty and destructive, and not always predictable. They destroy for the sake of it. You were here last year for the clean up, it sounds like?"
He was glad to hear that Adam would make an effort to coax luxere close to the Settlement, though the shame the other man felt at his illiteracy was a little surprising. "It's not unusual here," he said gently. "Quite a few Naturals can't either. Reading is a luxury when you spend every hour of the day trying to scrape enough food to eat out of the stubborn ground." Rory was learning in bits and pieces, but the hunter had his own stubbornness, as endearing as it was exasperating. "But no, I won't tell anyone. I give you my word on that." It wasn't anyone else's business anyways, and what was one more secret to a lorekeeper? This one was small and light compared to others that he carried.
