"We've had our ups and downs," the bard acknowledge dryly. "And we've spoken. It's not as though we hate each other, and we can work together quite well. I trust him to have my back when it comes to trouble, and I do like him, more often than not... but when it comes to deliberately provoking my temper, he is not one I would chose to spar with," he added after a short pause. He had, in fact, trusted Deimos to use his life drain magic against Jigano's healing magic - a contest the General had won, hands down. But there was a difference between that in his human form, controlled and matched, and facing a man who had a way of getting under his skin when he was already facing difficulties controlling an inhuman temper in a body whose power was more then a little daunting.
He simply nodded to hear that it was Loren's magic that had been taken. "You couldn't know what she would do with it," he said quietly. Not that Wessex would ever willingly give up a weapon. It was just a reminder that there was no guarantee that an Ascended would use blood and power for what they said they would, not when their goddess might have a different direction for it to be used instead. "And that makes sense." If the Old Gods could shut down the power within Ascended, surely they would have done so long ago. Since they hadn't, that likely meant they couldn't.
The phoenix was a welcome sign of brightness, and Jigano nodded with a wry smile at his friend. "Good, I was hoping you'd offer. You're the Guild's resident expert on local magic now, so I'll entrust those records to you to update going forward, if you don't mind."
He simply nodded to hear that it was Loren's magic that had been taken. "You couldn't know what she would do with it," he said quietly. Not that Wessex would ever willingly give up a weapon. It was just a reminder that there was no guarantee that an Ascended would use blood and power for what they said they would, not when their goddess might have a different direction for it to be used instead. "And that makes sense." If the Old Gods could shut down the power within Ascended, surely they would have done so long ago. Since they hadn't, that likely meant they couldn't.
The phoenix was a welcome sign of brightness, and Jigano nodded with a wry smile at his friend. "Good, I was hoping you'd offer. You're the Guild's resident expert on local magic now, so I'll entrust those records to you to update going forward, if you don't mind."
