"Ah, on my world spring - Flowerbirth - is the season for love," Jigano murmured, knowing that he would have been blushing had their situation not been so dire and their guildmates missing and in trouble. "But the theme is a good one, and I look forward to seeing how you organize the book according to Caido's traditions. Something new for me to learn," he offered, forcing a small smile at the optimism and innocence of their conversation.
It couldn't last, of course, and soon enough the topic turned dark and Jigano watched his friend with sympathy in blue eyes. The Ascended had taken the brunt of the Spire's anger, it had seemed, with one dead on both paths while their self-proclaimed leader had stood safe outside, letting her minions sacrifice everything so she could... what? Gloat? But Sam had continued to speak and Jigano frowned as he tried to follow his friend's usual chopped-up vagueness that hid information behind a story with more questions than answer. "So they were like... ghosts? Zombies?" he hazarded about the 'room full of dead people.' "And Zariah killed her... her what? Dead people that belonged to her? But they were already dead, you said..." He tilted his head at his friend, a bit bewildered as he stopped petting Mia and rubbed at his temple. "How did Remi save you? Was he inside the Spire, too?" Jigano didn't remember seeing the alchemist among those gathered that night, but he had been distracted with those who had gone in first... and then rescuing the idiots who had went down instead of up. "And what is 'the Core?'
It couldn't last, of course, and soon enough the topic turned dark and Jigano watched his friend with sympathy in blue eyes. The Ascended had taken the brunt of the Spire's anger, it had seemed, with one dead on both paths while their self-proclaimed leader had stood safe outside, letting her minions sacrifice everything so she could... what? Gloat? But Sam had continued to speak and Jigano frowned as he tried to follow his friend's usual chopped-up vagueness that hid information behind a story with more questions than answer. "So they were like... ghosts? Zombies?" he hazarded about the 'room full of dead people.' "And Zariah killed her... her what? Dead people that belonged to her? But they were already dead, you said..." He tilted his head at his friend, a bit bewildered as he stopped petting Mia and rubbed at his temple. "How did Remi save you? Was he inside the Spire, too?" Jigano didn't remember seeing the alchemist among those gathered that night, but he had been distracted with those who had gone in first... and then rescuing the idiots who had went down instead of up. "And what is 'the Core?'
