"I would find that more reassuring if we weren't fresh out of spire demons," Jigano shot back, dryly amused. "As it is, that's an easy promise to keep at the moment. I'm more concerned about you trying to, oh, knock the entire Spire over single-handedly, or call Vi himself down for a one-on-one duel!" Neither of which were terribly probable... but where Ronin was concerned, the bard no longer considered them entirely impossible, either.
Blue eyes softened a bit at the mention of Ronin's late wife, even moreso when he realized she would have been a natural addition to the Loreseekers. The man's suggestion - his request - struck an oddly poignant chord within the jaded bard's heart and he let out a soft sigh as he glanced down at Isuma, who looked up to blink large golden eyes at him. "A moment, please," he murmured, lifting the owlkitten to his shoulder before standing and moving back to his office.
He returned quickly, reverently bearing an old book in his hands that he laid on the table within Ronin's reach, nodding down to the cover with its pattern of constellations. "In there is your directory of creatures and plants within the barrier. From banshees to boggarts and gryphons to gilded lilies. It was a gift from Safrin to my guildmate Amalia." He moved back to his seat, settling gingerly so Isuma could hop down onto the table's surface and sit, curling her long tail around her toes as primly as a princess. "But now that we can go outside... there will be a great many things that will need to be added." His lips quirked into a wry smile. "Technically Caiside is our specialist on Caido fauna, but as he's still, ah 'in training' to so speak, I would consider it an honor as well as a pleasure to work with you on this, with Caiside assisting, if you don't mind?"
Blue eyes softened a bit at the mention of Ronin's late wife, even moreso when he realized she would have been a natural addition to the Loreseekers. The man's suggestion - his request - struck an oddly poignant chord within the jaded bard's heart and he let out a soft sigh as he glanced down at Isuma, who looked up to blink large golden eyes at him. "A moment, please," he murmured, lifting the owlkitten to his shoulder before standing and moving back to his office.
He returned quickly, reverently bearing an old book in his hands that he laid on the table within Ronin's reach, nodding down to the cover with its pattern of constellations. "In there is your directory of creatures and plants within the barrier. From banshees to boggarts and gryphons to gilded lilies. It was a gift from Safrin to my guildmate Amalia." He moved back to his seat, settling gingerly so Isuma could hop down onto the table's surface and sit, curling her long tail around her toes as primly as a princess. "But now that we can go outside... there will be a great many things that will need to be added." His lips quirked into a wry smile. "Technically Caiside is our specialist on Caido fauna, but as he's still, ah 'in training' to so speak, I would consider it an honor as well as a pleasure to work with you on this, with Caiside assisting, if you don't mind?"
