There was just so much to learn about this new world, and not enough time in the day. He'd made it through the thick history book Samuel had recommended in fairly short order, catching up on the broad strokes of Caido, if not the specifics of the important things - the Barrier, the Spire, the Demon, the New Gods. He'd tried learning about the demon and the Spire itself, but those books were damaged, lost, or perhaps in languages he didn't read - yet. He hadn't given up looking, however. And of course, there was no real replacement for first-hand experience, so he had continued to explore the world as both fox and man, trying to sift a few secrets from its jaws.
The world... had not been forthcoming.
And now snow had dropped by the bucketful on the streets and fields and forest paths, and natives spoke in hushed tones about "Long Nights" and "Spark birds" and he himself had already seen a luxere - sung it to his hand, in fact, with the help of the lovely Isla.
But he didn't understand it, didn't know what to expect or how to sort fact from fable. And that was intolerable. He hoped to catch Sam for a scholar's discussion about it, but before then he wanted to discover a bit more about the luxere, at the very least. And perhaps those monsters the Notice Board had mentioned...
Long white hair pulled into a loose tail, and with a warm cloak wrapped tightly around his slender shoulders, the intrepid lorekeeper stalked through the library like a hunter. Two of the places he searched first-- had empty spots where the books he had hoped to find should have been. As he came around a tangle of shelving he found a table, and the reason for that: a man with a pile of his own books -- and the two Jigano had been seeking beside him.
"Pardon the intrusion, but... will you be using those much longer?" he inquired politely, nodding to the two - and then realizing that several other books were along the same vein.
The world... had not been forthcoming.
And now snow had dropped by the bucketful on the streets and fields and forest paths, and natives spoke in hushed tones about "Long Nights" and "Spark birds" and he himself had already seen a luxere - sung it to his hand, in fact, with the help of the lovely Isla.
But he didn't understand it, didn't know what to expect or how to sort fact from fable. And that was intolerable. He hoped to catch Sam for a scholar's discussion about it, but before then he wanted to discover a bit more about the luxere, at the very least. And perhaps those monsters the Notice Board had mentioned...
Long white hair pulled into a loose tail, and with a warm cloak wrapped tightly around his slender shoulders, the intrepid lorekeeper stalked through the library like a hunter. Two of the places he searched first-- had empty spots where the books he had hoped to find should have been. As he came around a tangle of shelving he found a table, and the reason for that: a man with a pile of his own books -- and the two Jigano had been seeking beside him.
"Pardon the intrusion, but... will you be using those much longer?" he inquired politely, nodding to the two - and then realizing that several other books were along the same vein.
