Jigano tilted his head at the mention of a brace, nodding slowly. "I can do that," he called back, waiting until Rance had pulled away from the hole before flexing his fingers and calling on his earth and creation magic to make first a ladder to get him up to the rafters where he could examine them more closely.
Given the area they were intending to remove, he pulled a piece of twine from his capacious sleeve and the small pockets within and stretched it between the bracketing rafters to measure the distance, marking it with a knot he measured again to be certain, then headed downstairs to fetch a couple of boards and a saw. He was no Deimos nor Rory, but work on the farm had forced him to gain some carpentry skill, if only to repair the paddock fencing, and he soon had the board measured and cut.
With a hammer and a half dozen nails in tow he lugged the board upstairs, up the ladder, and soon had it securely nailed into place between the rafters at the spot Rance indicated. "Ready down here when you are!" he called up through the hole. "Want me to come out and join you on top? Or would I just get in the way?"
Given the area they were intending to remove, he pulled a piece of twine from his capacious sleeve and the small pockets within and stretched it between the bracketing rafters to measure the distance, marking it with a knot he measured again to be certain, then headed downstairs to fetch a couple of boards and a saw. He was no Deimos nor Rory, but work on the farm had forced him to gain some carpentry skill, if only to repair the paddock fencing, and he soon had the board measured and cut.
With a hammer and a half dozen nails in tow he lugged the board upstairs, up the ladder, and soon had it securely nailed into place between the rafters at the spot Rance indicated. "Ready down here when you are!" he called up through the hole. "Want me to come out and join you on top? Or would I just get in the way?"
