Curiosity killed the cat...

ludo Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own "No need," Ludo murmured within Jigano's head. And whilst the night was long and time passed slowly, the god would say nothing more until the bard settled himself down beside the lifeless child. "In body I was here, just as you see me now," it said. "In soul, Mort was waiting. He was... he came for me." Death had wept when no one else had cared. "And in his kindness, he gave me a purpose that I had never achieved in life." As Jigano blinked the world around them would change - the street was the same but the architecture was markedly different. It was dusk. Someone was crying inside one of the houses, but kneeling on one of the barrels next to Jigano was the youth, dressed in black rags and wearing a porcelain mask. It beckoned within the house, and something warm and glowing fizzed out. The youth bounded away, laughing, and the soul followed dutifully along. "And now you know."