Let's Try This Again

Meeting someone at a party really was not a strong suit of Sams but he nodded, hoping that he might be able to manage it at a Loreseeker party, which was destined to be a calmer event (unless this Ingrid had her way). "I didn't see any creatures like that in Halo...but I did not venture from the mountains." That such horrors could have been lurking just around the corners put his whole trip in quite a different light; almost a fitting metaphor actually, since he'd taken that journey with Nathaniel, at the time sure they were getting closer, unaware of the lingering disaster waiting to make itself known. Jigano found a smile for him, something Sam greatly appreciated; he took a moment to collect his thoughts before he spoke. "I have had...a very bad couple of weeks. I...actually almost died." He held up a hand then, trying to indicate Jigano could ask him questions when he was done. "Not just that, either. But it did make me realise I appreciate very much the things I have, that perhaps I have begun to take for granted. Your friendship and the Guild are some of those things. So..." With a returned smile, Sam looked more into Jigano's eyes. "I want to really make an effort to be friends. Let's not, if we can help it, even mention...well, you know..." He tilted his head from side to side, leaving out 'The Voice'. [b]"Neither of us will stop what we do, but we get on well, don't we? I don't...see why we can't keep doing our work here harmoniously." Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child