"You're learning as you go, that's all anyone can do," Jigano reassured his friend with a smile. "And just because other people make it look easy doesn't meant they aren't also struggling," he pointed out with a wry chuckle. "I think you'll find that quite a lot of people feel similarly to you, they just work hard to hide it in public." 'Fake it til you make it' was the advice all young bards started out with, after all. He suspected quite a few other people did, too.
For someone who lived for love as desperately as Sam seemed to, Jigano hesitated to say anything that could come across as too cruel, but before the bookmaker gave his heart away a third time the bard wanted to make sure it would be with someone that wouldn't break it again - even accidentally or inadvertently. It was a relief to hear that Sam had already considered it - even if he did mention the Voice. "That's very wise," he said gently instead of reacting to the goddess's name. "On Caido especially. Happiness... has often been fleeting, at least for me. Holding on to it when we can find it is all any of us can do. Appreciating what we have and what we've had in the past..." He smiled ruefully. "It's hard, sometimes, to remember the good times when there's been so many bad ones, but I admire your strength in choosing to take that path."
For someone who lived for love as desperately as Sam seemed to, Jigano hesitated to say anything that could come across as too cruel, but before the bookmaker gave his heart away a third time the bard wanted to make sure it would be with someone that wouldn't break it again - even accidentally or inadvertently. It was a relief to hear that Sam had already considered it - even if he did mention the Voice. "That's very wise," he said gently instead of reacting to the goddess's name. "On Caido especially. Happiness... has often been fleeting, at least for me. Holding on to it when we can find it is all any of us can do. Appreciating what we have and what we've had in the past..." He smiled ruefully. "It's hard, sometimes, to remember the good times when there's been so many bad ones, but I admire your strength in choosing to take that path."
