Jigano tilted his head curiously as Sam tried to explain where the sudden question had come from. He nodded slowly, but more in acknowledgment than understanding. As a performer, looking good was part of his livelihood. One could be a bard and be ugly, of course, but that tended to pull more towards the comedic or creating masks or such to foster an air of mystery, or else honing songcraft to the point where no one noticed your face. The idea of not knowing whether one was handsome or not was one that he wasn't really familiar with, though of course he knew of the ploy to use the question to fish for compliments.
That didn't seem to be the reason behind this, though, for all the reassurances Sam often needed. "Have you heard the saying 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?" he asked curiously, trying to grasp after something that might help. "If you are finding yourself more comfortable with your reflection, it might mean that you are becoming more confident in yourself and who you are." Something the bookmaker had long deserved, the guildmaster thought, heartened with the hope that his friend was finding his center.
The bard chuckled and nodded agreement that he was biased, not trying to deny it. Sam was his friend, after all, and while that sometimes meant unvarnished honesty, other times it meant support. "I always found my nose a little thin," Jigano admitted with a grin and a little shrug of his shoulders. "But my hair is definitely my best trait!" He tilted his head, smile widening at hearing that he wasn't romantically attractive to the bookmaker. "It's alright to ramble, Sam. If it helps you work through what you've been thinking about, I'm happy to listen. But perhaps... with all that has happened this past year, your heart needs some time to recover?" he made the suggestion tentatively, watching his friend for his reaction. "You have done quite a lot, and perhaps it is a good chance to discover how it has changed you, and which of those changes you want to keep and encourage in yourself, and who you want to become as you move forward?"
That didn't seem to be the reason behind this, though, for all the reassurances Sam often needed. "Have you heard the saying 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?" he asked curiously, trying to grasp after something that might help. "If you are finding yourself more comfortable with your reflection, it might mean that you are becoming more confident in yourself and who you are." Something the bookmaker had long deserved, the guildmaster thought, heartened with the hope that his friend was finding his center.
The bard chuckled and nodded agreement that he was biased, not trying to deny it. Sam was his friend, after all, and while that sometimes meant unvarnished honesty, other times it meant support. "I always found my nose a little thin," Jigano admitted with a grin and a little shrug of his shoulders. "But my hair is definitely my best trait!" He tilted his head, smile widening at hearing that he wasn't romantically attractive to the bookmaker. "It's alright to ramble, Sam. If it helps you work through what you've been thinking about, I'm happy to listen. But perhaps... with all that has happened this past year, your heart needs some time to recover?" he made the suggestion tentatively, watching his friend for his reaction. "You have done quite a lot, and perhaps it is a good chance to discover how it has changed you, and which of those changes you want to keep and encourage in yourself, and who you want to become as you move forward?"
