ARDUINNA
He spins a pretty tune with both instrument and word, and Arduinna does not hide the fact that she is impressed. Jigano dances well around her questions, her probes, her attempts to persuade and disarm, and he will be a valuable ally, she decides, regardless of all else. "Those within the village and upon the Sea of Branches are doing what they can to find a cause and a cure, yes," she says - and unlike Delah, she does not begrudge a human touch.
"Perhaps so, bard. Very well, then. Do your research, and I will wait and I will watch. Let us see what our combined knowledge brings us." Absently she reaches out to stroke a hand over the mother-tree's roots, golden gaze troubled but for a moment as she glances up at it.
Nature, nurture heaven and home
Sum of all, and by them, driven
To conquer every mountain shown
Sum of all, and by them, driven
To conquer every mountain shown
