Though he rarely partial-shifts in mixed company, his layers provided enough protection that he felt safe shifting beneath them to a covering of fox fur over his too-thin human skin, as Remi had once shifted a lion's pelt to warm him in an ice nymph's cave - a lifetime ago, it felt like now. He walked as silently as he could manage, trying not to set off another icicle-rain, but when the sounds of voices reached him he paused and held up a hand, looking back to see if the others heard them too.
He motioned the little group back up the tunnel a ways until he could no longer hear the voices, even with fox-shifted ears, and then he spoke as softly as he could to his friends. "Given the neighbors are cannibals, I'm not too eager to meet them face-to-face," he admitted, a faint grimace creasing the corners of his eyes. "...Or, given how cold it is, a couple of those man-eating ice giants Ingrid warned me about." The one that Wessex had somehow summoned had been bad enough. He wouldn't ask his friends to fight one - or more! - of those. "If we're looking for something that hasn't been found, my vote is to go the way that doesn't people."
He looked around, waiting to see what the others would say before nodding and leading the way stealthily back to the split in the tunnel. Once protected by the fork, he raised Soulkeeper high to peer into the shadows, cautiously leading the way.
Jigano suggests avoiding the possibility of cannibals or ice giants, and takes the darker path, attempting to use Ludo's lantern to light the way.
He motioned the little group back up the tunnel a ways until he could no longer hear the voices, even with fox-shifted ears, and then he spoke as softly as he could to his friends. "Given the neighbors are cannibals, I'm not too eager to meet them face-to-face," he admitted, a faint grimace creasing the corners of his eyes. "...Or, given how cold it is, a couple of those man-eating ice giants Ingrid warned me about." The one that Wessex had somehow summoned had been bad enough. He wouldn't ask his friends to fight one - or more! - of those. "If we're looking for something that hasn't been found, my vote is to go the way that doesn't people."
He looked around, waiting to see what the others would say before nodding and leading the way stealthily back to the split in the tunnel. Once protected by the fork, he raised Soulkeeper high to peer into the shadows, cautiously leading the way.
Jigano suggests avoiding the possibility of cannibals or ice giants, and takes the darker path, attempting to use Ludo's lantern to light the way.
