"Oh?" Ronin arched an eyebrow, clearly quite curious about what Jigano meant by 'stronger', especially given that he spoke about spells, too. "Were you a caster as well as a fox, then?" he asked, reminded of Remi's ability to perform magic alongside his other skills. That had not always been the case, of course, and Ronin remembered when his friend had been but a simple hawk.
His brow furrowed as they appraised the tree and, at the same time, spoke about the stone cat attack on Northaven. Ronin sighed. "I didn't," he confessed. "A group at the Wall defeated it - I couldn't say how. I was locked in the centre - a large building in the middle of the settlement. Someone had locked the citizens in to prevent them from helping, so I was unable to contribute."
Nodding in agreement at Jigano's plan, Ronin turned to seize a fallen branch at the foot of one of the other trees, though he didn't want to think about how it had gotten there. It was too sizeable for something like a bird to have caused it to snap. Perhaps it was just brittle, or the tree was rotten somehow? Either way, it worked for them.
"Okay," he said, nodding to Jigano. "I'll hold this out for the Wicker Woman to grab, and I'll try to draw one of its branches out further so you can get a clean cut with the axe? It'll be like playing tug of war."
His brow furrowed as they appraised the tree and, at the same time, spoke about the stone cat attack on Northaven. Ronin sighed. "I didn't," he confessed. "A group at the Wall defeated it - I couldn't say how. I was locked in the centre - a large building in the middle of the settlement. Someone had locked the citizens in to prevent them from helping, so I was unable to contribute."
Nodding in agreement at Jigano's plan, Ronin turned to seize a fallen branch at the foot of one of the other trees, though he didn't want to think about how it had gotten there. It was too sizeable for something like a bird to have caused it to snap. Perhaps it was just brittle, or the tree was rotten somehow? Either way, it worked for them.
"Okay," he said, nodding to Jigano. "I'll hold this out for the Wicker Woman to grab, and I'll try to draw one of its branches out further so you can get a clean cut with the axe? It'll be like playing tug of war."
