"Shh, don't tell her," he grinned back at Edy's trill. "I'll be washing bandages for a month if she finds out!" But of course Edy had ideas for what to do with fingers that didn't involve communicating - or at least, not quite in the way Jigano meant! Still, he put on his most innocent and saintly expression just for her, even if it was a little ruined by the sly wink he gave her. "How right you are, of course. I apologize for my crudeness. When I think of the music I could be making instead with those fingers, I am ashamed to think I would use them so mean-spiritedly instead." He even made it to the end before he lost his straight face and hide to duck his head to hide his laughter.
He might have protested her having any 'unimportant' parts, but he could almost see her scowling if he tried, so he simply raised a silver brow at her for a brief moment before going back to his search of the ruined buildings. The sunlight had faded under the onslaught of the clouds, and he looked up worriedly for a moment before increasing his pace as much as he felt he safely could over the treacherous ground. He caught her smile, though, and returned it with a wry grin. "I'm glad you're free of that particular shackle, at least. I suppose a relationship might be nice if you choose it for yourself but... who has the time?" Running a guild, doing his own research, performing at the Rathskeller, raising a baby gryphon... he would have been exhausted even if Ludo hadn't taken his dreams. So perhaps it wasn't such a bad trade, really. What did he need with sleep these days?
Aside from working harder to disguise the circles under his eyes, or his increasing habit of falling asleep over his books in the Atheneum.
Luckily he didn't need to worry about that at the moment, not with how dangerous the ruins reportedly were. He hummed acknowledgment of Edy's awe, lips twisting into a lopsided smile that held a shadow of pain along with the old pride he was still unlearning. "I was... best, when I had a team to support, and to protect me," he acknowledged quietly. "But when I came to Caido I lost even the power of my song." Such a small thing, and yet it had been so intrinsic to him for so long...
He glanced back in startlement at the sound of the rock, then relaxed when he saw Bobi chasing it. "Yes, actually," he agreed, pleased at the similarities. "Dark magic being averse to light though... I suppose it makes a certain kind of sense..." He frowned, then gave a little shrug. "I could heal and harm, both, though, so that sounds unique to your world. " The scar was certainly worse than he was used to seeing from anyone who had access to healing magic. He grimaced in sympathy, glancing at her shrug with a raised brow. "Then it must have been someone either very brave or very determined to master destruction," he observed, no little respect in his own voice.
He might have protested her having any 'unimportant' parts, but he could almost see her scowling if he tried, so he simply raised a silver brow at her for a brief moment before going back to his search of the ruined buildings. The sunlight had faded under the onslaught of the clouds, and he looked up worriedly for a moment before increasing his pace as much as he felt he safely could over the treacherous ground. He caught her smile, though, and returned it with a wry grin. "I'm glad you're free of that particular shackle, at least. I suppose a relationship might be nice if you choose it for yourself but... who has the time?" Running a guild, doing his own research, performing at the Rathskeller, raising a baby gryphon... he would have been exhausted even if Ludo hadn't taken his dreams. So perhaps it wasn't such a bad trade, really. What did he need with sleep these days?
Aside from working harder to disguise the circles under his eyes, or his increasing habit of falling asleep over his books in the Atheneum.
Luckily he didn't need to worry about that at the moment, not with how dangerous the ruins reportedly were. He hummed acknowledgment of Edy's awe, lips twisting into a lopsided smile that held a shadow of pain along with the old pride he was still unlearning. "I was... best, when I had a team to support, and to protect me," he acknowledged quietly. "But when I came to Caido I lost even the power of my song." Such a small thing, and yet it had been so intrinsic to him for so long...
He glanced back in startlement at the sound of the rock, then relaxed when he saw Bobi chasing it. "Yes, actually," he agreed, pleased at the similarities. "Dark magic being averse to light though... I suppose it makes a certain kind of sense..." He frowned, then gave a little shrug. "I could heal and harm, both, though, so that sounds unique to your world. " The scar was certainly worse than he was used to seeing from anyone who had access to healing magic. He grimaced in sympathy, glancing at her shrug with a raised brow. "Then it must have been someone either very brave or very determined to master destruction," he observed, no little respect in his own voice.
