Sam wasn't sure whether he should feel relieved or terrified as the hands in his slipped away into a general warmth and the place around them faded away, but upon seeing the familiar Atheneum come into view around him he took a loud shaking breath and fell to his knees, not paying any attention to anything except his panic and the stones beneath him.
He barely heard Jigano speak at first, but slowly turned towards him, his eyes wet with not-quite-fallen tears. Sam touched a hand to his chest to feel his familiar clothes and not the leather huntsman's garb, then nodded.
"Y-yes. I think so. But I never want to d-d-do that again. Ever." Shaking his head, he used the table to get up, his legs still weak. He saw the book and stared at it for a long moment before suddenly surging forward to slam it shut then throw it away from them, where it bounced and skidded across the floor before coming to a stop several shelves away.
"...I...think I'm going to go home." He announced to Jigano, shaking hands going to gather up his things where he had left them on a chair when all he'd been doing was helping with a heavy book.
He barely heard Jigano speak at first, but slowly turned towards him, his eyes wet with not-quite-fallen tears. Sam touched a hand to his chest to feel his familiar clothes and not the leather huntsman's garb, then nodded.
"Y-yes. I think so. But I never want to d-d-do that again. Ever." Shaking his head, he used the table to get up, his legs still weak. He saw the book and stared at it for a long moment before suddenly surging forward to slam it shut then throw it away from them, where it bounced and skidded across the floor before coming to a stop several shelves away.
"...I...think I'm going to go home." He announced to Jigano, shaking hands going to gather up his things where he had left them on a chair when all he'd been doing was helping with a heavy book.
