Rance had found that, even with his responsibilities at the VlamVloed, he still had plenty of time to explore the city. A good thing, too, or he might have bucked at being in one place and working one job so long. But even without the owner around, the tavern had other employees. So, when he wasn’t being pulled to strange coastlines or reading in the Atheneum, he was walking around the main inhabited areas of the Hollow Grounds. Well, walking and flying, black wings carrying him easier and allowing him to listen in more often.
He was passing over a damaged roof of yet another seemingly-abandoned house — and, gods, there were so many — when he saw a silver head and familiar blue and white feathers. Jigano and Isuma. The former was talking to a young woman on the house’s front steps while behind them stood a number of crates and furniture, among other things. Curious and still feeling indebted to the Provost, Rance circled until he was beside the house, not hidden, but at least out of immediate view of the street. Whether or not being a shifter was accepted here, it still felt strange to change in public.
He walked around to the front again, heading for where Jigano and Freina stood, hand raised in greeting. “Hey. Looks like a right mess out here. Anything I could help with?”
He was passing over a damaged roof of yet another seemingly-abandoned house — and, gods, there were so many — when he saw a silver head and familiar blue and white feathers. Jigano and Isuma. The former was talking to a young woman on the house’s front steps while behind them stood a number of crates and furniture, among other things. Curious and still feeling indebted to the Provost, Rance circled until he was beside the house, not hidden, but at least out of immediate view of the street. Whether or not being a shifter was accepted here, it still felt strange to change in public.
He walked around to the front again, heading for where Jigano and Freina stood, hand raised in greeting. “Hey. Looks like a right mess out here. Anything I could help with?”
