"Close enough," Jigano agreed cheerfully to the suggestion of repeat summoning being similar to resurrection. They didn't have souls or minds, from what Rory had told him, so it wasn't like Loren was calling the same 'one' back each time, but by that same logic they weren't different either.
He gave a slight shrug as the mage placed his offering, his smile fading a little. "It's hard," he agreed quietly. "If I had retained my power, I would have struggled as well. It was so commonplace on my world that it's been a shock to see mages treated so coldly here." He shook his head slightly, offering the other man a sympathetic smile. "But things are getting better, slowly but surely. There are enough outlanders who flaunt their magic that it's shocking people out of some of those stifled old traditions. The ones in the Settlement are getting more used to it, at least, as they see it from Remi and Rexanna and others. It helps that it makes things more convenient," he added with a crooked smile. "That always makes change easier to swallow."
He gave a slight shrug as the mage placed his offering, his smile fading a little. "It's hard," he agreed quietly. "If I had retained my power, I would have struggled as well. It was so commonplace on my world that it's been a shock to see mages treated so coldly here." He shook his head slightly, offering the other man a sympathetic smile. "But things are getting better, slowly but surely. There are enough outlanders who flaunt their magic that it's shocking people out of some of those stifled old traditions. The ones in the Settlement are getting more used to it, at least, as they see it from Remi and Rexanna and others. It helps that it makes things more convenient," he added with a crooked smile. "That always makes change easier to swallow."
