"Probably like crushing anxiety as we wait for the other boot to fall," Jigano opined wryly, but he chuckled as they continued to joke. "But should you ever find that elusive creature I'll have you write up an entry in the Guild Chronicle for it, so others know what to look for in another hundred years, should it ever happen again."
The bard continued on, walking confidently in spite of the shadows. He glanced back at the summoned wolves, and though the squirrels that had been following at the edge of sight ducked back into hiding a the howl, the ones within the protection of the hedges only flinched this time, beady eyes fixed on the big predators with unnerving intensity. For the most part Jigano ignored them - for now. "They won't become a problem until we try to leave," he reassured his friend with a wry smile. "Well... at least, they haven't before. I have a hypothesis about the symbiosis of the living hedge, the squirrels, and the boggarts... but it won't be an easy one to prove." Indeed, it would take years of study and the sacrifice of more animals than Jigano was willing to countenance just to satisfy a little morbid curiosity.
Again his sharp eyes caught the brown protusions in the grass ahead and he paused to use his magic one last time to enrich the rare herb. "Me too," he agreed, a conflicted tilt to the amusement in his voice. "As much as I hate that damned portal, I won't deny that it's useful. I just wish the price to open them wasn't so high, and that we could guarantee that the Voice wasn't using her Ascended for some mischief all over again."
The bard continued on, walking confidently in spite of the shadows. He glanced back at the summoned wolves, and though the squirrels that had been following at the edge of sight ducked back into hiding a the howl, the ones within the protection of the hedges only flinched this time, beady eyes fixed on the big predators with unnerving intensity. For the most part Jigano ignored them - for now. "They won't become a problem until we try to leave," he reassured his friend with a wry smile. "Well... at least, they haven't before. I have a hypothesis about the symbiosis of the living hedge, the squirrels, and the boggarts... but it won't be an easy one to prove." Indeed, it would take years of study and the sacrifice of more animals than Jigano was willing to countenance just to satisfy a little morbid curiosity.
Again his sharp eyes caught the brown protusions in the grass ahead and he paused to use his magic one last time to enrich the rare herb. "Me too," he agreed, a conflicted tilt to the amusement in his voice. "As much as I hate that damned portal, I won't deny that it's useful. I just wish the price to open them wasn't so high, and that we could guarantee that the Voice wasn't using her Ascended for some mischief all over again."
