Perhaps he hadn't quite been expecting an answer today, either, after the silences his previous prayers had received. Those had been to Ludo, but the masked god had shown Jigano patience and favor before. The starlit goddess was a more distant and aloof figure to him, one beloved by Amalia and Ronin to be sure, and he had seen the way her light fell gently upon them, but he had experienced a different side of her, as cold as the stars in the midwinter sky. He had prayed out of worry and desperation, but now that she sat before him he found himself hesitating.
He had at least learned caution to some degree.
Unfortunately, his dancer's flexibility made it all too easy to get his foot into his mouth, no matter how good his intentions.
"Thank you for coming," he said formally, deciding to err on the side of the courtesy. He had a sudden flicker of doubt, second-guessing his decision to pray to the star-eyed goddess for his answer, but in the end he didn't know where else to turn, and at least she had answered. "I'm worried for Ludo. I haven't seen them in almost half a year and... well, if they're simply busy elsewhere I'm sorry for wasting your time. But if something has happened to them, like the blight, I want to know if there's any way I could help them... the way Amalia helped you," he added impulsively, gesturing around at the shrine that Amalia had built to help the goddess recover.
He had at least learned caution to some degree.
Unfortunately, his dancer's flexibility made it all too easy to get his foot into his mouth, no matter how good his intentions.
"Thank you for coming," he said formally, deciding to err on the side of the courtesy. He had a sudden flicker of doubt, second-guessing his decision to pray to the star-eyed goddess for his answer, but in the end he didn't know where else to turn, and at least she had answered. "I'm worried for Ludo. I haven't seen them in almost half a year and... well, if they're simply busy elsewhere I'm sorry for wasting your time. But if something has happened to them, like the blight, I want to know if there's any way I could help them... the way Amalia helped you," he added impulsively, gesturing around at the shrine that Amalia had built to help the goddess recover.
