"It's alright," the bard spoke gently, just loud enough for Sam to hear him over the sounds of other conversations in the room. "The road might be a little bumpy, but you've got friends to help you along it now. With practice, some of this will start coming easier." He hoped. Samuel was, well, awkward at the best of times, but Jigano hadn't forgotten how the other man had given up a firebird's feather to save him when they had only just met, with no surety that they weren't in real danger. The Ascended had a good heart, whether or not it was still beating, and the lorekeeper found himself with more patience than usual for the pale man.
He nodded at the information Sam gave so nervously, though he already knew most of it. The portrait had painted a family that was indeed well-off compared to most others he'd seen in the settlement, and the Ascended had briefly sketched the story of his unwilling Ascension and subsequent abandonment by his family when it had failed to 'cure' him of his nervousness.
"Augury and healing? I..." he hesitated, sipping his tea and trying not to make a face at how strong it was. "Augury was never one of my skills, no. My mother's talents as an oracle lay in a different direction than mine. I was better at... I suppose you might say 'reading the past' and putting theory into practice." His lips quirked at the little joke. "Though I shared her affinity for healing minor injuries. But the gods of knowledge smiled on me in my world. In this one..." He frowned, slanting a glance up in the direction of the Temple shrine a level above them. "The only god I've met has been... less than kind."
He nodded at the information Sam gave so nervously, though he already knew most of it. The portrait had painted a family that was indeed well-off compared to most others he'd seen in the settlement, and the Ascended had briefly sketched the story of his unwilling Ascension and subsequent abandonment by his family when it had failed to 'cure' him of his nervousness.
"Augury and healing? I..." he hesitated, sipping his tea and trying not to make a face at how strong it was. "Augury was never one of my skills, no. My mother's talents as an oracle lay in a different direction than mine. I was better at... I suppose you might say 'reading the past' and putting theory into practice." His lips quirked at the little joke. "Though I shared her affinity for healing minor injuries. But the gods of knowledge smiled on me in my world. In this one..." He frowned, slanting a glance up in the direction of the Temple shrine a level above them. "The only god I've met has been... less than kind."
