Jigano nodded thoughtfully, Remi's words a note of well-learned caution after their bumbled attempts to deal with the Fae. He sipped his wine and reluctantly shelved the idea of going seeking this new people for now. Perhaps he could make enough of a reputation here that one of them would seek him out instead? Unlikely, but something to consider. Curiosity was a powerful lure.
"Ah, that makes sense. Reminds me a bit of learning to fly in my raven form the first few times," he agreed. "Or dragon form, for that matter. Webbed wings and feathered ones fly in very different ways, it turns out." Not something he had considered before, but he certainly did now.
He snorted with amusement at Remi's 'complexities,' raising his glass in toast to the other man's point. "The cold, the giants, the bears, the cannibals, the Launceleyns... it's true, you hardly need to pick just one reason when there are so many to choose from. Though I've found there's a beauty in that place... if you can get past it being the result of some sort of war or accident that locked an entire land in ice eternal." Not a natural beauty, but an unnatural one, cast upon a land that must have been even more beautiful still once, when summer streams had danced through mountain meadows and the highlands had gloried in Flowerbirth blossoms of a dozen shades.
The expression on Remi's face hardly matched his calmly murderous words, but Jigano was the last person on Caido to complain. He drained his glass, setting it down with a fervent pulse of agreement. "I'd pay good money - favors, trinkets, whatever we're trading in these days - to see it." What did you get to reward the man who needed little and wanted less? Especially when it involved attention or the implication that Remi was doing it for anyone but himself.
"Ah, that makes sense. Reminds me a bit of learning to fly in my raven form the first few times," he agreed. "Or dragon form, for that matter. Webbed wings and feathered ones fly in very different ways, it turns out." Not something he had considered before, but he certainly did now.
He snorted with amusement at Remi's 'complexities,' raising his glass in toast to the other man's point. "The cold, the giants, the bears, the cannibals, the Launceleyns... it's true, you hardly need to pick just one reason when there are so many to choose from. Though I've found there's a beauty in that place... if you can get past it being the result of some sort of war or accident that locked an entire land in ice eternal." Not a natural beauty, but an unnatural one, cast upon a land that must have been even more beautiful still once, when summer streams had danced through mountain meadows and the highlands had gloried in Flowerbirth blossoms of a dozen shades.
The expression on Remi's face hardly matched his calmly murderous words, but Jigano was the last person on Caido to complain. He drained his glass, setting it down with a fervent pulse of agreement. "I'd pay good money - favors, trinkets, whatever we're trading in these days - to see it." What did you get to reward the man who needed little and wanted less? Especially when it involved attention or the implication that Remi was doing it for anyone but himself.
