"At least they're harder to bother than the Fae," Jigano mused, a little amused at the thought of the ocean providing a better barrier to human encroachment than even the Wildwood had, with all its tricks and twists and turns. "Though it's good to know that even an aquatic Attuned isn't welcome among them. A warning well-taken," he said with a nod, and another of thanks for the refilled glass that he lifted to his lips.
He could at least pretend that he was getting over his unsettled twitchiness at the tentacles, even if he winced as Remi made more suckers appear and demonstrated their dexterity. It looked as though the glass might be there to stay at first, but Jigano's eyes widened in surprise when it was released so easily. "Huh. That is an intriguing shift. I think I'd get a headache keeping track of all of it, though. That many tentacles and suckers..." Too many, really. It looked like a full-time job just keeping them all headed in the same direction.
"Not a fan of the place, or just the people in it?" The bard's smile returned, dry and humorless at the warning and he nodded agreement as to Neron, though really that was true of most Launceleyns. The question about the magic school sharpened his grin dramatically as he swirled the wine in his glass and watched Remi through it, turning the world red. "Oh, despite how close she and I are, I can only assume my invitation must have gotten lost in the portal." He snorted inelegantly and lowered his glass to give the alchemist a frank look. "I'm not so desperate for more power that I'll go licking her boots for scraps of it. What of yourself? Any interest in training with her to plumb the depths of your own magical abilities?"
He could at least pretend that he was getting over his unsettled twitchiness at the tentacles, even if he winced as Remi made more suckers appear and demonstrated their dexterity. It looked as though the glass might be there to stay at first, but Jigano's eyes widened in surprise when it was released so easily. "Huh. That is an intriguing shift. I think I'd get a headache keeping track of all of it, though. That many tentacles and suckers..." Too many, really. It looked like a full-time job just keeping them all headed in the same direction.
"Not a fan of the place, or just the people in it?" The bard's smile returned, dry and humorless at the warning and he nodded agreement as to Neron, though really that was true of most Launceleyns. The question about the magic school sharpened his grin dramatically as he swirled the wine in his glass and watched Remi through it, turning the world red. "Oh, despite how close she and I are, I can only assume my invitation must have gotten lost in the portal." He snorted inelegantly and lowered his glass to give the alchemist a frank look. "I'm not so desperate for more power that I'll go licking her boots for scraps of it. What of yourself? Any interest in training with her to plumb the depths of your own magical abilities?"
