Samuel being so distracted by books that he didn't notice the people around him was nothing new, and Jigano stifled a small smile at his fellow scholar. "I appreciate that," he said instead, nodding to the chronicle book the redhaired man carried. "Especially in these... exciting times." Historically important, for certain, and precisely the sort of thing it helped to have multiple accounts of, from as many viewpoints as they could record.
Jigano had already begun moving to heat the teakettle on the hob, but his head jerked up sharply as he looked back at his friend in concern. "Hurt?" he asked, seizing on the word that was out of place. They were all busy, and stressed with what had happened at the Spire, but Sam hadn't been fighting, at least not that Jigano had seen... "Have you been to the Infirmary? I have some first aid supplies here, if you haven't gotten it looked at yet..." Once the tea water was taken care of the tea measured out to steep, the bard dusted his hands off and returned to sit near his friend, his brows rising in surprise at the realization that Sam's stutter was gone.
"Forgive me," he said softly, looking at the redhaired man with a searching gaze. "I, too, have been busy and it sounds so natural I hadn't even noticed. You sound more confident now, my friend. I am glad it has made you feel more free but... dare I ask the price the goddess required for it?"
Jigano had already begun moving to heat the teakettle on the hob, but his head jerked up sharply as he looked back at his friend in concern. "Hurt?" he asked, seizing on the word that was out of place. They were all busy, and stressed with what had happened at the Spire, but Sam hadn't been fighting, at least not that Jigano had seen... "Have you been to the Infirmary? I have some first aid supplies here, if you haven't gotten it looked at yet..." Once the tea water was taken care of the tea measured out to steep, the bard dusted his hands off and returned to sit near his friend, his brows rising in surprise at the realization that Sam's stutter was gone.
"Forgive me," he said softly, looking at the redhaired man with a searching gaze. "I, too, have been busy and it sounds so natural I hadn't even noticed. You sound more confident now, my friend. I am glad it has made you feel more free but... dare I ask the price the goddess required for it?"
