Alright, Jigano could admit that he was impressed at the care and work Adam was already putting in, and he offered the rogue a toast with a lopsided grin. "Maintaining any sort of fashion here is an challenge, my friend. Cheers to you for keeping up appearances!" He'd already known there was more to Adam than met the eye, but it was always nice to have those instincts confirmed, especially in such a pleasant way for once.
And it was a relief to hear that he had no intention of Ascending. As much as Jigano cared for and even loved his Ascended friends, the growing rifts between them thanks to the gods' meddling and their clashing faiths could be exhausting at times. He raised another toast to the comment in it all being 'too much trouble,' enjoying the warmth that chased down his throat and began to relax him as they switched to talking about pasts. "Oh, I had a direction," he chuckled. "If 'away' counts as a direction. I was heading south to warmer climes when I fell through the portal to here."
Adam's tale was one Jigano had been dying of curiosity to learn more of, but he remained comfortably ensconced in his chair, nursing his bottle along a little further as the other man spoke, rather than interrupting too soon. "Somehow I doubt you were a lumberjack or charcoal burner," he said dryly, a twinkle of wry humor in his blue eyes. Somehow he wasn't surprised that Adam had bought as many drugs as he could, though he was glad to hear the wife had stopped him from burning himself to a crisp before he'd come to Caido. "And not by choice," he admitted easily to the question, a liquid shrug rolling gracefully across his shoulders. "I was a lorekeeper on my world. A holder of secrets, some small and personal but others... dangerous, especially in the wrong hands. And I had enemies that were not known for their, ah, honorable combat tactics. I'm still a lorekeeper, though the secrets I've collected here aren't quite so earth-shaking, usually. Even so, I take that trust seriously, and I can't afford to let my mind become so muddled that I can't guard my tongue or defend myself against attack. Since I've collected a few enemies here, as well," he added with a crooked grin. "Most notably our string of lady monarchs, for various reasons."
And it was a relief to hear that he had no intention of Ascending. As much as Jigano cared for and even loved his Ascended friends, the growing rifts between them thanks to the gods' meddling and their clashing faiths could be exhausting at times. He raised another toast to the comment in it all being 'too much trouble,' enjoying the warmth that chased down his throat and began to relax him as they switched to talking about pasts. "Oh, I had a direction," he chuckled. "If 'away' counts as a direction. I was heading south to warmer climes when I fell through the portal to here."
Adam's tale was one Jigano had been dying of curiosity to learn more of, but he remained comfortably ensconced in his chair, nursing his bottle along a little further as the other man spoke, rather than interrupting too soon. "Somehow I doubt you were a lumberjack or charcoal burner," he said dryly, a twinkle of wry humor in his blue eyes. Somehow he wasn't surprised that Adam had bought as many drugs as he could, though he was glad to hear the wife had stopped him from burning himself to a crisp before he'd come to Caido. "And not by choice," he admitted easily to the question, a liquid shrug rolling gracefully across his shoulders. "I was a lorekeeper on my world. A holder of secrets, some small and personal but others... dangerous, especially in the wrong hands. And I had enemies that were not known for their, ah, honorable combat tactics. I'm still a lorekeeper, though the secrets I've collected here aren't quite so earth-shaking, usually. Even so, I take that trust seriously, and I can't afford to let my mind become so muddled that I can't guard my tongue or defend myself against attack. Since I've collected a few enemies here, as well," he added with a crooked grin. "Most notably our string of lady monarchs, for various reasons."
