Sam looked awkward as usual, but Jigano's smile turned lopsided as the bookmaker made his way over. "I'm glad to hear it. I was worried for a moment when I saw your shield up. It looks like you didn't have much luck though...?" he asked, fishing for more information gently. Given Sam's slouched shoulders and unhappy expression when he arrived it wasn't a huge jump of logic to reach. He followed the blue-green-eyed glance to the metal chunk on the ground and his brows furrowed slightly in confusion, wondering just what his colleague was up to.
"I'm glad to hear that the work has been going well," he said, relieved to hear that Sam had been keeping up with his part in the guild. After their last few conversations the bard had been worried that the bookmaker might soon leave the Loreseekers, if only to avoid him, but their talk during LongNight had ended on a hopeful note, and he decided to cling to that. "The legends book will be particularly useful, though you'll be needing to add more pages as we learn more about Halo." His voice was wry but there was a faint shadow of eagerness in his eyes, a ghost of his old excitement now banked by the difficulties in the Spire.
The question was only to be expected, but still it drew a bark of laughter from the bard, and there was pain mixed in with the humor. "Ah, I have been... busy does not even begin to cover it," he shook his head ruefully, heading over towards where Sam had been standing before near the metal and seating himself on a fallen wall. The spring air was warm enough that he was comfortable in his layered tunics as he settled down. "Spires and gods and mud and magic and portals and dragons and a new addition to the guild... since LongNight ended I've managed to stick my nose into all sorts of places it didn't belong." He smiled crookedly at his friend, and there was exhaustion and weariness in his eyes, but also the light of hope still flickering as he bore up under the weight of it all and refused to break. "What would you like to hear about first? If you'd like help on your current project we can talk as we work on it, or I can spin tales to entertain you while you do."
"I'm glad to hear that the work has been going well," he said, relieved to hear that Sam had been keeping up with his part in the guild. After their last few conversations the bard had been worried that the bookmaker might soon leave the Loreseekers, if only to avoid him, but their talk during LongNight had ended on a hopeful note, and he decided to cling to that. "The legends book will be particularly useful, though you'll be needing to add more pages as we learn more about Halo." His voice was wry but there was a faint shadow of eagerness in his eyes, a ghost of his old excitement now banked by the difficulties in the Spire.
The question was only to be expected, but still it drew a bark of laughter from the bard, and there was pain mixed in with the humor. "Ah, I have been... busy does not even begin to cover it," he shook his head ruefully, heading over towards where Sam had been standing before near the metal and seating himself on a fallen wall. The spring air was warm enough that he was comfortable in his layered tunics as he settled down. "Spires and gods and mud and magic and portals and dragons and a new addition to the guild... since LongNight ended I've managed to stick my nose into all sorts of places it didn't belong." He smiled crookedly at his friend, and there was exhaustion and weariness in his eyes, but also the light of hope still flickering as he bore up under the weight of it all and refused to break. "What would you like to hear about first? If you'd like help on your current project we can talk as we work on it, or I can spin tales to entertain you while you do."
