Survive them, yes. Keep himself safe from them? Given what Edrei had told him, Jigano wasn't so sure that anyone had ever been 'safe' from them. It was just a question of how much pain and damage each Launceleyn managed to hide. Still, he bowed his head in acknowledgment, for Loren did know Zariah better than he did.
It doesn't mean she won't try and hurt you first, he pointed out quietly. But I'll support you, if there's something I can do to help. She targeted my loved ones before, too, when she couldn't get to me. I don't want that happening to anyone else. That there were people Loren cared about again - that he could openly admit to caring about - was reassuring to Jigano, and another sign of how much healing the summoner had undergone since their last encounter.
Jigano glanced down at his work to give his friend a chance to brush the tears away without an audience, though the bard would hardly have minded if the summoner had needed to cry on his shoulder. Sometimes it helped to let the grief out, but if Loren preferred privacy for his mourning Jigano would respect that, too. LongNight was never a joyous topic, but since they were already talking about lost loved ones it was at least a segue. He nodded thoughtfully at the question, lips quirking wryly. "I will, though... I need to have a long talk with Rory. I don't want to leave him alone this year after what almost happened last year. But I don't want to abandon anyone else, either, when I might be able to help..." As he had also done last year, even if the only ones he'd been able to save in the end had been souls of those already dead, who needed to be guided on to Ludo.
It doesn't mean she won't try and hurt you first, he pointed out quietly. But I'll support you, if there's something I can do to help. She targeted my loved ones before, too, when she couldn't get to me. I don't want that happening to anyone else. That there were people Loren cared about again - that he could openly admit to caring about - was reassuring to Jigano, and another sign of how much healing the summoner had undergone since their last encounter.
Jigano glanced down at his work to give his friend a chance to brush the tears away without an audience, though the bard would hardly have minded if the summoner had needed to cry on his shoulder. Sometimes it helped to let the grief out, but if Loren preferred privacy for his mourning Jigano would respect that, too. LongNight was never a joyous topic, but since they were already talking about lost loved ones it was at least a segue. He nodded thoughtfully at the question, lips quirking wryly. "I will, though... I need to have a long talk with Rory. I don't want to leave him alone this year after what almost happened last year. But I don't want to abandon anyone else, either, when I might be able to help..." As he had also done last year, even if the only ones he'd been able to save in the end had been souls of those already dead, who needed to be guided on to Ludo.
