"A woman after my own heart," he said approvingly of her thirst for knowledge. "When you're feeling a bit better, you're welcome to spend some time here with the Guild, see if it might be a match for you. Knowledge is our stock in trade, after all." He smiled as he said it, but there was pride in his voice, too, for what the Guild had built together, and how far they had come.
"I can pull some new books for you to read," he offered, hiding a small smile at her great curiosity being contained in such a petite frame. "And it has more than one worker of leather, nowadays. Though I am rather, ah, personally biased in preferring the original," he admitted with a grin that was perhaps a touch softer than any he usually wore. "I've been learning quite a bit about leather maintenance myself recently, though Outlander boots do tend to be made of better quality leather in general." Healthier animals to provide the hides and cobblers who could dedicate their lives to their crafts, not split their attention between farming and hunting and making belts and scabbards and bags, as well as shoes made a significant difference, it turned out.
"Change... yes," he agreed, settling back in his chair and tilting his head thoughtfully. A neat stretch of fluff and feathers pattered down the stairs a moments later, talons clicking on stone as she Reep!ed an excited greeting to Melinoe, the little gryphon - now looking a bit sleeker and with more of her proper plumage and colors grown in, including the dark blue primaries of her wings - barreling to hop onto the young woman's chair arm, peeping an exuberant greeting. Jigano chuckled, sending a tickle of thought to his companion before nodding at Melinoe again. "So. Would you like the context of the barrier first, or the context of the crown?" he asked wryly. "The two aren't entirely unrelated, though the connection is somewhat tenuous. And in the matter of the latter I might have more than a little personal bias," he acknowledged with wry honesty.
"I can pull some new books for you to read," he offered, hiding a small smile at her great curiosity being contained in such a petite frame. "And it has more than one worker of leather, nowadays. Though I am rather, ah, personally biased in preferring the original," he admitted with a grin that was perhaps a touch softer than any he usually wore. "I've been learning quite a bit about leather maintenance myself recently, though Outlander boots do tend to be made of better quality leather in general." Healthier animals to provide the hides and cobblers who could dedicate their lives to their crafts, not split their attention between farming and hunting and making belts and scabbards and bags, as well as shoes made a significant difference, it turned out.
"Change... yes," he agreed, settling back in his chair and tilting his head thoughtfully. A neat stretch of fluff and feathers pattered down the stairs a moments later, talons clicking on stone as she Reep!ed an excited greeting to Melinoe, the little gryphon - now looking a bit sleeker and with more of her proper plumage and colors grown in, including the dark blue primaries of her wings - barreling to hop onto the young woman's chair arm, peeping an exuberant greeting. Jigano chuckled, sending a tickle of thought to his companion before nodding at Melinoe again. "So. Would you like the context of the barrier first, or the context of the crown?" he asked wryly. "The two aren't entirely unrelated, though the connection is somewhat tenuous. And in the matter of the latter I might have more than a little personal bias," he acknowledged with wry honesty.
