It was hardly the first time that Sam had made contact with him without warning, but that was usually as part of a spontaneous hug. Jigano stopped in surprise as the bookmaker grabbed his wrist, pausing to look at his friend with curious confusion - and a spike of irrational anger at being denied. The explanation caused a pale brow to arch, however, and the bard drew in a slow breath and let it out again, nodding slowly. "Yes, of course... that makes sense..." He sat back on his heels, frowning slightly as Sam picked up the bean to examine it.
The metallic device was cool and smooth, and utterly innocent in the lantern's light. It neither hummed nor lit up nor did anything other than lie there and be reflective.
"Something that small, all by itself in a room this big? I can't help but think it's at least a little suspicious," Jigano mused. "What happens if you squeeze it? Are there any bits of it that feel like a button, perhaps?" The bard was no stranger to technology, but the alien machines that had fallen to his world during the Rain of Stars were a very different type of beast than the Voice's biotech.
Mostly. Then again, he had fought androids and watched his friend Jenny replace bits and pieces of herself with bio-technologies that made her faster and stronger than any human had a right to be without magical assistance. Not that they had saved her in the end...
The metallic device was cool and smooth, and utterly innocent in the lantern's light. It neither hummed nor lit up nor did anything other than lie there and be reflective.
"Something that small, all by itself in a room this big? I can't help but think it's at least a little suspicious," Jigano mused. "What happens if you squeeze it? Are there any bits of it that feel like a button, perhaps?" The bard was no stranger to technology, but the alien machines that had fallen to his world during the Rain of Stars were a very different type of beast than the Voice's biotech.
Mostly. Then again, he had fought androids and watched his friend Jenny replace bits and pieces of herself with bio-technologies that made her faster and stronger than any human had a right to be without magical assistance. Not that they had saved her in the end...
