Jigano noted the drumming fingers but didn't call attention to them, curious about what they might mean. Impatience? Discomfort? Unhappiness? Or merely thoughtfulness? Loren quickly realized what he was doing and ceased, offering a fuller explanation of Abasi's motivations that had the bard nodding acceptance and understanding. "Then Ludo really does make the most sense," he agreed. "Hopefully the masked god doesn't do to him what was done to Remi." It would be too cruel for the memories of two of Loren's lovers to be taken by the spirit guide.
"We could," Jigano agreed with a chuckle as he continued to pick another path at the next intersection. Just beyond it lay another patch of the herbs that he knelt down to 'encourage' while their entourage of squirrels watched from a distance. As he sank his magic into the green stems he grinned up at Loren. "It will be useless within a few hours, though. As I said, the maps that have been previously made won't even last long enough to get you out of the maze again while you're making them. Even if the hedges don't move while we're flying over them, I suspect you'll find that the ones behind us, or whichever ones you're not looking at while you focus on drawing one section will have shifted by the time you look back at them again." He shrugged as best he could with his hands in the soil. "Even if you do manage a cohesive map, what good is it if the maze is already changing by the time we land?"
"We could," Jigano agreed with a chuckle as he continued to pick another path at the next intersection. Just beyond it lay another patch of the herbs that he knelt down to 'encourage' while their entourage of squirrels watched from a distance. As he sank his magic into the green stems he grinned up at Loren. "It will be useless within a few hours, though. As I said, the maps that have been previously made won't even last long enough to get you out of the maze again while you're making them. Even if the hedges don't move while we're flying over them, I suspect you'll find that the ones behind us, or whichever ones you're not looking at while you focus on drawing one section will have shifted by the time you look back at them again." He shrugged as best he could with his hands in the soil. "Even if you do manage a cohesive map, what good is it if the maze is already changing by the time we land?"
