Jigano hummed a faint sound of disbelief at Loren's deflection of 'unimportance' but he didn't know the mage well enough to pry. Not yet, at least. And if Loren was already under a lot of stress (as they all were, with LongNight coming) he didn't think the other man would appreciate an interrogation. Either he would tell the bard or he wouldn't - that was up to him, to take at his own pace. Jigano had learned the hard way with Remi how much damage he could do by pushing someone too far, trying to help with the best of intentions but accidentally hurting instead. It was a lesson he was still imperfect at, but at least he was trying now.
"I can bring it over when we're done with the carpets," he offered with a wry grin. "I don't have a feather anymore so I'm not using it, and it's just across the street in my office in the Atheneum." It had been left beside the fireplace gathering dust for the last season or so. He'd be glad to let someone else get some use out of it, after the trouble he'd had making it. Mention of the Spire Demon explosion earned a wince though, the bard nodding thoughtfully. "Telekinesis would be far more useful for using it as a weapon," he agreed, pushing down the half-hearted pulse of envy at the reminder of magic he no longer had. "Though I'm not sure the LongNight monsters would explode the same way. Some of them might, but others seem more... disembodied, for lack of a better word." He grimaced, frustrated as they all were at how much they had learned about the creatures, but how little they still really understood. "Who said the feather's light is useless, though? The feathers Rory and I received last year came towards the end of the Night, after the Spark Bird came to stay. We never really had the chance to try them against the monsters after she arrived." Hearing that the luxere antlers were only useful when attached to a living deer was less surprising. He thought they lost their light when the luxere died, Amalia's red antlers being the exception, but he hadn't had the heart to test it himself.
Carpets unrolled, at least they wouldn't need to make another trip up the stairs the bard hoped, and he nodded grimly to Loren's reluctant optimism. He would have preferred to be more prepared himself, but what choice did they have? There was only so much that they had access to, and increasingly fleeting time to prepare.
"I can bring it over when we're done with the carpets," he offered with a wry grin. "I don't have a feather anymore so I'm not using it, and it's just across the street in my office in the Atheneum." It had been left beside the fireplace gathering dust for the last season or so. He'd be glad to let someone else get some use out of it, after the trouble he'd had making it. Mention of the Spire Demon explosion earned a wince though, the bard nodding thoughtfully. "Telekinesis would be far more useful for using it as a weapon," he agreed, pushing down the half-hearted pulse of envy at the reminder of magic he no longer had. "Though I'm not sure the LongNight monsters would explode the same way. Some of them might, but others seem more... disembodied, for lack of a better word." He grimaced, frustrated as they all were at how much they had learned about the creatures, but how little they still really understood. "Who said the feather's light is useless, though? The feathers Rory and I received last year came towards the end of the Night, after the Spark Bird came to stay. We never really had the chance to try them against the monsters after she arrived." Hearing that the luxere antlers were only useful when attached to a living deer was less surprising. He thought they lost their light when the luxere died, Amalia's red antlers being the exception, but he hadn't had the heart to test it himself.
Carpets unrolled, at least they wouldn't need to make another trip up the stairs the bard hoped, and he nodded grimly to Loren's reluctant optimism. He would have preferred to be more prepared himself, but what choice did they have? There was only so much that they had access to, and increasingly fleeting time to prepare.
