"Mmm. I suppose they are always worth the wait," he agreed back, still grinning. "But that means I do need to fill in the empty hours while you work on your next masterpiece." He patted his pack with its new book ruefully. "Even if they're sometimes, hm. Not quite up to the standard of expectations I've become spoiled with, after reading your work." He chuckled, following beside his friend as they headed away through the streets, and Jigano tucked his hands into his pockets to warm them up as they walked.
He hadn't expected Sam to mention Loren. They'd both been Loreseekers, but it had been so brief a time, barely a season it seemed like, before Loren had left to pursue his grief and new position in Halo. Beneath his hat and scarf both eyebrows rose at the sudden and utterly unexpected revelation, and the bard was momentarily at a loss for words. "Ah... he's... doing better after Abasi's death, then?" he asked cautiously. The last time he'd seen the summoner, Loren had been driving himself in a vicious downward spiral. "And... you're over what happened with Nate?" He knew Sam tended to fly from one romance to the next, but it had hardly been a few weeks, perhaps half a season? Since the bookmaker had broken that news.
He hadn't expected Sam to mention Loren. They'd both been Loreseekers, but it had been so brief a time, barely a season it seemed like, before Loren had left to pursue his grief and new position in Halo. Beneath his hat and scarf both eyebrows rose at the sudden and utterly unexpected revelation, and the bard was momentarily at a loss for words. "Ah... he's... doing better after Abasi's death, then?" he asked cautiously. The last time he'd seen the summoner, Loren had been driving himself in a vicious downward spiral. "And... you're over what happened with Nate?" He knew Sam tended to fly from one romance to the next, but it had hardly been a few weeks, perhaps half a season? Since the bookmaker had broken that news.
