The words were faint enough to be barely heard, and Jigano frowned as he chased them, trying to understand their meaning. The only 'witch' of the Greatwood that he had heard of was Arduinna... but she had always seemed more a spirit of life than death. And she had given her own life to save the blighted, mostly of the Greatwood but she had saved him as well.
He somehow doubted that they meant Delah, the second witchiest woman of the Greatwood that he knew of, so he sighed as he rose and bowed, collecting the lantern but leaving the other offerings behind. Isuma looked at him, deflating a little as he gave her a rueful smile. "Ludo must be busy today," he told her as he scooped her up into the crook of his arm. "We'll try again tomorrow." And the day after that, and the day after that, until the slight curl of disappointment turned to concern and then worry, and he decided to try seeking his answers elsewhere.
He somehow doubted that they meant Delah, the second witchiest woman of the Greatwood that he knew of, so he sighed as he rose and bowed, collecting the lantern but leaving the other offerings behind. Isuma looked at him, deflating a little as he gave her a rueful smile. "Ludo must be busy today," he told her as he scooped her up into the crook of his arm. "We'll try again tomorrow." And the day after that, and the day after that, until the slight curl of disappointment turned to concern and then worry, and he decided to try seeking his answers elsewhere.
