"Ah. I... won't pretend that isn't a bit of a relief," Jigano said wryly. "She is not currently high in my good graces, which makes talking to her friends somewhat difficult." One friendship broken because of the woman, and another pleasant acquaintance potentially lost, though he had played his own role in both those decisions. It made him more cautious now, with Ronin, and with others. He'd burned enough bridges in his life, and he didn't need to add someone so clearly favored by one of the gods to that list.
"Maea... is one of my Loreseekers," Jigano said cautiously. He tilted his head, expression thoughtful as he tickled Isuma's ears. "I only met her near the end of Long Night, so I have not known her long... and perhaps not as well as I thought," he admitted reluctantly. "She changed rather quickly over those first few weeks I knew her, and I haven't seen much of her recently. The rigors of her government, I expect," he added with a hint of his usual wry humor. "She is in an unenviable position, though, and some of her choices, including Roana..." He gave a shrug, glancing from his companion back to Ronin with a more sober expression. "Rory and I turned down her invitations to join it. Both the timing and the makeup of it... didn't sit right with us. But I think it is true that you currently hold a better reputation around here than Roana does. Coming back from the dead and being Safrin-blessed will do that to a man," he ended on another wryly amused note.
"Maea... is one of my Loreseekers," Jigano said cautiously. He tilted his head, expression thoughtful as he tickled Isuma's ears. "I only met her near the end of Long Night, so I have not known her long... and perhaps not as well as I thought," he admitted reluctantly. "She changed rather quickly over those first few weeks I knew her, and I haven't seen much of her recently. The rigors of her government, I expect," he added with a hint of his usual wry humor. "She is in an unenviable position, though, and some of her choices, including Roana..." He gave a shrug, glancing from his companion back to Ronin with a more sober expression. "Rory and I turned down her invitations to join it. Both the timing and the makeup of it... didn't sit right with us. But I think it is true that you currently hold a better reputation around here than Roana does. Coming back from the dead and being Safrin-blessed will do that to a man," he ended on another wryly amused note.
