The idea of commissioning Bastien to paint them an outrageous and fascinating piece was amusing; Rory found himself grinning wryly at the talk, though it also made him feel a little like an outsider. He'd rarely ever met Bastien, and the one time they did, he'd chewed him out pretty fairly over the Spark Bird and dangers of Long Night. That Bastien had survived had seemed a miracle at the time, though of course at first everyone thought he hadn't.
Or something like that.
Once they had made some headway into the earth, Rory occasionally pausing to shovel dirt into his own bucket and emptying outside, Deimos called a pause. Rory took the time to drink some water, chewing on his lip as he listened (and watched Remi's wondrous parchment at work again).
"Have you dug a lot of tunnels, Deimos?" he asked as Jigano approached him with the wood, nodding agreement to the quiet remark. Rory himself had no experience with tunnels, neither making them nor even being in them. He was known for preferring the outdoors, or wooden structures, where there was air and light and.. well... Not stone and soil.
Grabbing a saw Rory began to shorten the beam to the mark Jigano had made, working slowly and methodically so he would last, cutting the second piece once done with the first.
Or something like that.
Once they had made some headway into the earth, Rory occasionally pausing to shovel dirt into his own bucket and emptying outside, Deimos called a pause. Rory took the time to drink some water, chewing on his lip as he listened (and watched Remi's wondrous parchment at work again).
"Have you dug a lot of tunnels, Deimos?" he asked as Jigano approached him with the wood, nodding agreement to the quiet remark. Rory himself had no experience with tunnels, neither making them nor even being in them. He was known for preferring the outdoors, or wooden structures, where there was air and light and.. well... Not stone and soil.
Grabbing a saw Rory began to shorten the beam to the mark Jigano had made, working slowly and methodically so he would last, cutting the second piece once done with the first.
