Given that Adam had seemed entirely willing and eager to shoot the snake, Jigano waved off the apology with a chuckle. "I understand the desire to explore. I would have been through the portal as well if I hadn't been concerned about Wessex trying to kill the snake as soon as we left. Then again, running into a Launceleyn first-thing on the other side... that would put a giant damper on things," he agreed with feeling, wrinkling his nose at mention of the family. "Loren's managed to rise above them, but I wish the landshark had gotten Zariah instead of Edy. Gods least fortunate, that would have solved a lot of problems." And saved his friend as well, no small consideration.
Adam was right that Jigano's skill with brothels was limited, to say the least. He knew about them more in the abstract than from practical experience, so when the other man explained the reasoning behind keeping the staff in the dark the bard wrinkled his nose in distaste at the trickery of it, but nodded in understanding. "That makes sense. Terrible sense. But it does explain things." About brothels in general, and Adam in particular - or at least, why he had never learned to read. "How are you with sums?" he asked after a moment's pause to let the information percolate through the cider. "Do you want lessons in maths, too?" Nothing excessively complicated, but it seemed like the sort of thing that could come in handy in Adam's line of... not-work. If he did such things. Which he definitely didn't.
"You were a whore?" The question wasn't really surprised, not given Adam's fashion sense and the history he had just shared. Still, he could have been a stableboy for the brothel, or a servant of wine and drinks, or even one who cleaned rooms, rather than one who served between the sheets. "How long did you stay there?"
Adam was right that Jigano's skill with brothels was limited, to say the least. He knew about them more in the abstract than from practical experience, so when the other man explained the reasoning behind keeping the staff in the dark the bard wrinkled his nose in distaste at the trickery of it, but nodded in understanding. "That makes sense. Terrible sense. But it does explain things." About brothels in general, and Adam in particular - or at least, why he had never learned to read. "How are you with sums?" he asked after a moment's pause to let the information percolate through the cider. "Do you want lessons in maths, too?" Nothing excessively complicated, but it seemed like the sort of thing that could come in handy in Adam's line of... not-work. If he did such things. Which he definitely didn't.
"You were a whore?" The question wasn't really surprised, not given Adam's fashion sense and the history he had just shared. Still, he could have been a stableboy for the brothel, or a servant of wine and drinks, or even one who cleaned rooms, rather than one who served between the sheets. "How long did you stay there?"
