No Good Deed

"Mmm." Sam mumbled, hoping Jigano was right but suddenly not being very hopeful about it. Why wouldn't Remi have bonded with Isla? They were close and he knew Remi would have wanted to let Isla express herself somehow, even if that meant giving away a piece of himself. ...Did that mean Isla was looking through Remi's eyes every time they kissed or embraced? The thought was so strange it didn't bear thinking about. "A...b-barn?!" From what Sam knew of Jigano, he did not seem like the kind of person who would enjoy spending time in a barn. He seemed refined, elegant, more suited to polished palaces than mucking about in hay. He also didn't know Jigano had cared so much about the perch. The Sparkbird was something most naturals didn't even think about that much, so it was odd for an Outlander to care massively about it. But he didn't comment on that, listening and wondering just how much he'd missed while he'd been wrapped up in his own personal dramas. "Th...that's alright. I'm j-just glad you're ok. I left...my d-door unlocked and some things in my home for you. If...you needed them. B-but I suppose you didn't." Sam hoped that monsters didn't try to get into houses unless they heard a noise inside. Ideally he wouldn't return to a home turned upside down and scratched up by beasts. "...Are...Ro-roy and Amalia...alright? I d-don't know Rory. Who is he?" Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child