Jigano felt the anger, but more he heard it in Loren's voice and saw it in his expression. "You're doing it again," he said softly. "Looking for reasons to be angry, to lash out and push people away." He exhaled slowly, keeping his own temper carefully in check as he watched his friend. "And you didn't answer my question, about what Zariah can teach you that you don't already know - maybe even better than she does." He tilted his head to the side, eyes narrowing in curiosity. "What magics has she displayed so far, anyways?"
He went back to filling the jars he had made with seeds, then began crafting others to hold whatever pastes, pills, or powders Loren would want to fill them with later. "He's a Natural, so he has more experience with them than we do," the bard said with a slight sigh of regret. It wasn't the sort of thing one wished anyone had experience with. "But the monsters... they play some nasty mind games, even on people who should know better. They go right for the heart, and there are just enough people who do run around during LongNight to make you wonder if the voice on the other side of the door really does belong to someone in need of help." Like Caiside...
He went back to filling the jars he had made with seeds, then began crafting others to hold whatever pastes, pills, or powders Loren would want to fill them with later. "He's a Natural, so he has more experience with them than we do," the bard said with a slight sigh of regret. It wasn't the sort of thing one wished anyone had experience with. "But the monsters... they play some nasty mind games, even on people who should know better. They go right for the heart, and there are just enough people who do run around during LongNight to make you wonder if the voice on the other side of the door really does belong to someone in need of help." Like Caiside...
