Jigano watched Samuel's interest in the gold curiously, considering what little he knew of the other man and the world he'd so recently arrived in. Given the limits of the barrier, perhaps there wasn't much mining, so gold and silver were rare? What he'd scouted of the settlement had looked rundown and in disrepair, hardly prosperous. And as a bookmaker and seller in such a place, Samuel seemed a man of modest means. Well. Perhaps that gave an idea for a gift in the future...
Samuel was moving and speaking with more confidence, and the horse's ears perked up as he nickered soft approval. "Agreed! Time seems to passing strangely here. Distance, too. I have no idea what that means for time on Caido, though." He couldn't shrug or nibble his lip, so he settled for giving a soft snort - he was getting better at gauging the strength of his new body's reactions. "I guess that just means we push through and find out once we're back!" He wasn't quite as confident as he sounded, but for Samuel's sake the bard tried to project certainty and assurance that it was only a matter of time.
He felt Samuel brace himself and started walking. Almost immediately the colors began to run - not sharply, but with each step borders grew fuzzy and shifted, rearranging from palace courtyard to twilight forest. A dozen horsey steps later and they were back at the edge of the clearing they had left... that morning? Time seemed as flexible as the scenery, but nightfall seemed only minutes away now. Jigano spotted a picturesque stump off to the side and sidled over to it, hoping to give Samuel an easier time getting off - and on again later.
"At least in the dark we'll be able to see it coming?" he suggested, wry humor in his voice. "You handled yourself very nicely back there, by the way. You're stronger than you think. Are you sure you've never been an adventure before?"
Samuel was moving and speaking with more confidence, and the horse's ears perked up as he nickered soft approval. "Agreed! Time seems to passing strangely here. Distance, too. I have no idea what that means for time on Caido, though." He couldn't shrug or nibble his lip, so he settled for giving a soft snort - he was getting better at gauging the strength of his new body's reactions. "I guess that just means we push through and find out once we're back!" He wasn't quite as confident as he sounded, but for Samuel's sake the bard tried to project certainty and assurance that it was only a matter of time.
He felt Samuel brace himself and started walking. Almost immediately the colors began to run - not sharply, but with each step borders grew fuzzy and shifted, rearranging from palace courtyard to twilight forest. A dozen horsey steps later and they were back at the edge of the clearing they had left... that morning? Time seemed as flexible as the scenery, but nightfall seemed only minutes away now. Jigano spotted a picturesque stump off to the side and sidled over to it, hoping to give Samuel an easier time getting off - and on again later.
"At least in the dark we'll be able to see it coming?" he suggested, wry humor in his voice. "You handled yourself very nicely back there, by the way. You're stronger than you think. Are you sure you've never been an adventure before?"
