"I can't speak for him," Jigano warned, "but I don't think he was angry at you. Not specifically. He was angry at Ronin, and Remi, and the fact that only outlanders were attacking the spire and weren't allowing anyone else to join them in it. He was angry that he was having to watch people die after he'd warned them about how dangerous it was... and that the attack was happening with no real plan in place for what would come after." He hesitated, then shrugged a shoulder a little. "As it happens, I agreed with him on several of those points, but I didn't agree with how people on both sides starting lashing out. And I think you just had the bad luck to speak up just when he reached his breaking point." He offered his friend a lopsided smile. "But give him time. If we can just let things settle down a bit I hope he'll come around. He's... I don't think he's the kind to hate," Jigano said, his voice softening a little towards the end, an odd expression on his face between fondness and worry.
"Frey is one I haven't met and hope not to, in truth," he admitted. "From what I've read and heard... they and I might not be very compatible. Safrin is..." he hesitated, tilting his head thoughtfully. "She is much more approachable than I expected, after Bastien's silly church," he finally continued with a wry grin. "A goddess of life and one who shares knowledge. I would like to seek her out again at some point. Ludo..." After the revelations of Ludo's origins Jigano found himself sobering, then giving a little shake of his head. "Ludo is mischievous, but I have found them to be honorable. I would advise caution when dealing with them, but that is good sense for any god associated with death and the afterlife."
At finding that Rex hadn't previously known about Attuned, Jigano blinked and then felt a little foolish. Of course she had taken his animal forms at face value! "Yes, I'm still getting used to it being so common here myself," he agreed ruefully. "It's quite different from my world. But no one would think you foolish for being kind to an animal, whether it's a shapechanger or not," he said gently. "I'm sure he appreciated that you didn't press him... if he had reasons for not revealing himself. Or maybe he was just enjoying the time spent with you and didn't want to scare you by transforming suddenly?" He chuckled at the description of how pathetic he had looked, though he winced a little inside. "Though if he was looking that rough, he probably didn't want to make a poor impression! And no true gentleman would peep on a lady in her bath," he added with a wink.
As she showed him her ankle he set aside his cloth to peer at it, but as she put weight and turned on it without pain or difficulty he sat back with a relieved sigh. "It looks nearly healed now, at least. As long as it doesn't hurt you, I see no problem." He grinned suddenly tilting his head to the side as a sleepy little peep emerged from behind his shoulders and he motioned Rexanna a little closer. "But since you've been meeting so many white animals lately, would you like to add another to the list?" he asked conspiratorially.
"Frey is one I haven't met and hope not to, in truth," he admitted. "From what I've read and heard... they and I might not be very compatible. Safrin is..." he hesitated, tilting his head thoughtfully. "She is much more approachable than I expected, after Bastien's silly church," he finally continued with a wry grin. "A goddess of life and one who shares knowledge. I would like to seek her out again at some point. Ludo..." After the revelations of Ludo's origins Jigano found himself sobering, then giving a little shake of his head. "Ludo is mischievous, but I have found them to be honorable. I would advise caution when dealing with them, but that is good sense for any god associated with death and the afterlife."
At finding that Rex hadn't previously known about Attuned, Jigano blinked and then felt a little foolish. Of course she had taken his animal forms at face value! "Yes, I'm still getting used to it being so common here myself," he agreed ruefully. "It's quite different from my world. But no one would think you foolish for being kind to an animal, whether it's a shapechanger or not," he said gently. "I'm sure he appreciated that you didn't press him... if he had reasons for not revealing himself. Or maybe he was just enjoying the time spent with you and didn't want to scare you by transforming suddenly?" He chuckled at the description of how pathetic he had looked, though he winced a little inside. "Though if he was looking that rough, he probably didn't want to make a poor impression! And no true gentleman would peep on a lady in her bath," he added with a wink.
As she showed him her ankle he set aside his cloth to peer at it, but as she put weight and turned on it without pain or difficulty he sat back with a relieved sigh. "It looks nearly healed now, at least. As long as it doesn't hurt you, I see no problem." He grinned suddenly tilting his head to the side as a sleepy little peep emerged from behind his shoulders and he motioned Rexanna a little closer. "But since you've been meeting so many white animals lately, would you like to add another to the list?" he asked conspiratorially.
