"It might, if it's something that can be Healed or fixed," Jigano said mildly. "Though you're right that excuses and the brokenness of the rest of us doesn't matter so much. I wasn't sure if misery having company would make you feel better or not." Given the summoner's mood, probably not, but it was worth a try.
Other questions, though, hit more effective marks, and the bard arched a brow but didn't say anything to argue the point. Maybe Deimos would be proud that he was learning to hold his tongue, but he doubted he would ever know. Except in combat and the trials of training, he and the Sword didn't have that sort of relationship. But there was the catch, that little petulant cry of 'what I can't see won't hurt me' and Jigano snorted softly. "Oh, it's far too late for that, my friend. Too late by far for any of us to think that might work now." He'd tried it before, too, after all, in the wake of kings and queens and abdications. The rest of what he might have said, though, he kept behind his teeth, sensing a lack of firmness in Loren's statement.
"Ah yes, the upsides to nepotism," he agreed wryly, nodding at the toast. "But if you're going down this road of trying to drown yourself in moonshine - or is that whisky? - and avoiding caring for others, why even bother with being Halo's chief healer?" It sounded an awful lot like responsibility and caring for others, at least in a general sense.
Other questions, though, hit more effective marks, and the bard arched a brow but didn't say anything to argue the point. Maybe Deimos would be proud that he was learning to hold his tongue, but he doubted he would ever know. Except in combat and the trials of training, he and the Sword didn't have that sort of relationship. But there was the catch, that little petulant cry of 'what I can't see won't hurt me' and Jigano snorted softly. "Oh, it's far too late for that, my friend. Too late by far for any of us to think that might work now." He'd tried it before, too, after all, in the wake of kings and queens and abdications. The rest of what he might have said, though, he kept behind his teeth, sensing a lack of firmness in Loren's statement.
"Ah yes, the upsides to nepotism," he agreed wryly, nodding at the toast. "But if you're going down this road of trying to drown yourself in moonshine - or is that whisky? - and avoiding caring for others, why even bother with being Halo's chief healer?" It sounded an awful lot like responsibility and caring for others, at least in a general sense.
