"Loren tried to get me to take his place," he confided back to Remi as swords were drawn. "But I'm not that brave!" He grinned, winking to show he was having fun. There was quite a lot of truth in that joke, after all; every time he'd trained with the General he'd lost. Aoife's grasping hands were thankfully captured before they could do much damage to the elaborate braids Rory had woven into his hair that morning, but in the spirit of the festival he grinned back at her - and as soon as her fingers were free he offered her one of the candies he'd stolen liberated from the Riddle Game prize box instead.
He turned back to see Deimos's hit strike Loren, and winced. Even with the Launceleyn's healing magic that had to hurt, but Loren displayed his inner honey badger by going on the offensive and Jigano raised his voice to cheer for the underdog. "C'mon Loren! You've got this!" He... probably didn't, truth be told, but sometimes Lady Luck smiled on the bold!
He turned back to see Deimos's hit strike Loren, and winced. Even with the Launceleyn's healing magic that had to hurt, but Loren displayed his inner honey badger by going on the offensive and Jigano raised his voice to cheer for the underdog. "C'mon Loren! You've got this!" He... probably didn't, truth be told, but sometimes Lady Luck smiled on the bold!
