Visits to Loren and his small handful of audiences with Neron meant that the palace was not completely foreign to Jigano, but he didn't visit often enough to get to know everyone. Hell, he couldn't even say that about the Hollowed Grounds where he lived. So he wasn't surprised when he didn't recognize the strange woman who approached, making no effort to hide her confident footfalls as she made a beeline to confront him, though he was a bit taken aback by her forthright and rather abrupt question.
"Ah, apologies, you can inspect them again, if you'd like," he offered, halfway resigned to having the sacks of grain poked and prodded again. "I'm bringing supplies for the Hollowed Grounds section. Grains, mostly, today, and logs for the fireplaces." Fireplaces he had helped to install, under Loren's direction. "I'm Jigano, an Advisor to Queen Rexanna. A pleasure to meet you, ah... cap...tain?" he hazarded, desperately searching for some sign of insignia on her cloak. Only a captain or sergeant would accost him so brazenly, he suspected, and it was better to guess high than low in case he was wrong.
"Ah, apologies, you can inspect them again, if you'd like," he offered, halfway resigned to having the sacks of grain poked and prodded again. "I'm bringing supplies for the Hollowed Grounds section. Grains, mostly, today, and logs for the fireplaces." Fireplaces he had helped to install, under Loren's direction. "I'm Jigano, an Advisor to Queen Rexanna. A pleasure to meet you, ah... cap...tain?" he hazarded, desperately searching for some sign of insignia on her cloak. Only a captain or sergeant would accost him so brazenly, he suspected, and it was better to guess high than low in case he was wrong.
