"It's possible," Jigano agreed, though he couldn't imagine what would be involved in such a thing. Perhaps Kai would know? He seemed good with animals. "It bonded to Oia'i'o, in the end, so you might see it around." That was... probably not reassuring for an Ascended, come to think of it.
Perhaps Sam should not have opened with the near-death experience, but the rest of his words were more than welcome, and hearing that he and Amalia were finding common ground when Jigano had feared they were even more at odds over the Voice than he and the bookmaker had become was even better. He wasn't sure if Sam's avoidance of his eyes was out of shyness or nervousness, but he nodded supportively, wondering what they had discovered. "A Loreseeker expedition? Was it something Underground, or here in the Atheneum?" he asked eagerly, wondering what his closest friends had found.
The more sober talk of risk and death had him trailing a worried finger over the rim of his teacup, but the mention of Remi, Ronin, and Torchline had him drawing in a breath of surprise. "I knew he lived but not that he was there," he admitted with a slow shake of his head. "I haven't been there yet, myself. I had no idea..." he trailed off, glad to hear that Ronin had survived Safrin's wrath, but that Remi had attacked Sam? It was almost impossible to believe. "Loren said that... when Aoife died... Remi tried to kill himself," he said slowly. "Tried to tear out his own throat with his claws. This is..." He shook his head, a worried crease marring his brow. "This is terrible news, Sam. I never imagined he would have tried to hurt you. But... what were you arguing about?" He looked up again to meet his friend's blue-green eyes, worried but also knowing Sam well enough to suspect that there was more to the story. He cared for the red-headed scholar, but he knew his friend had a habit of omitting or forgetting the parts of stories he didn't like.
Or getting a certain someone to remove the memories for him.
Perhaps Sam should not have opened with the near-death experience, but the rest of his words were more than welcome, and hearing that he and Amalia were finding common ground when Jigano had feared they were even more at odds over the Voice than he and the bookmaker had become was even better. He wasn't sure if Sam's avoidance of his eyes was out of shyness or nervousness, but he nodded supportively, wondering what they had discovered. "A Loreseeker expedition? Was it something Underground, or here in the Atheneum?" he asked eagerly, wondering what his closest friends had found.
The more sober talk of risk and death had him trailing a worried finger over the rim of his teacup, but the mention of Remi, Ronin, and Torchline had him drawing in a breath of surprise. "I knew he lived but not that he was there," he admitted with a slow shake of his head. "I haven't been there yet, myself. I had no idea..." he trailed off, glad to hear that Ronin had survived Safrin's wrath, but that Remi had attacked Sam? It was almost impossible to believe. "Loren said that... when Aoife died... Remi tried to kill himself," he said slowly. "Tried to tear out his own throat with his claws. This is..." He shook his head, a worried crease marring his brow. "This is terrible news, Sam. I never imagined he would have tried to hurt you. But... what were you arguing about?" He looked up again to meet his friend's blue-green eyes, worried but also knowing Sam well enough to suspect that there was more to the story. He cared for the red-headed scholar, but he knew his friend had a habit of omitting or forgetting the parts of stories he didn't like.
Or getting a certain someone to remove the memories for him.
