"Beetles? That doesn't sound so bad... unless they're carnivorous, too," Jigano added wryly, considering what other traumatic creatures Caido tended to throw at them. Or perhaps that was Rae and Frey's forte? Regardless, Jigano didn't see himself finding them until next year. There was just too much else to do these days - and warmer places to do them.
His cookie was reduced to crumbs that he wiped genteelly on a napkin as he nodded thoughtfully to Sam's lack of dragon-sightings, then winced as Sunjata's disastrous quest was mentioned. "Yes," he sad, voice quiet. "Adam and his boyfriend Peter, and both of their companions. A white dragon killed and encased them in ice. Adam was a good friend of mine," he added, taking a deep breath to keep himself composed against the bitter twist of loss. His gaze grew distant again as he looked out the window, but what he saw was not snow-covered roofs. "Their deaths weren't entirely in vain, at least. They were helping Sunjata quest for the Temple Shrine's repair, and that was completed thanks to their sacrifice." Adam and Coffee's sacrifice, at least. The bard still couldn't understand why Peter had been there, but from what he'd heard from Deimos the whole event had been a shitshow from start to finish, poorly planned and playing entirely to Sunjata's vanity rather than any useful motion to help others.
His cookie was reduced to crumbs that he wiped genteelly on a napkin as he nodded thoughtfully to Sam's lack of dragon-sightings, then winced as Sunjata's disastrous quest was mentioned. "Yes," he sad, voice quiet. "Adam and his boyfriend Peter, and both of their companions. A white dragon killed and encased them in ice. Adam was a good friend of mine," he added, taking a deep breath to keep himself composed against the bitter twist of loss. His gaze grew distant again as he looked out the window, but what he saw was not snow-covered roofs. "Their deaths weren't entirely in vain, at least. They were helping Sunjata quest for the Temple Shrine's repair, and that was completed thanks to their sacrifice." Adam and Coffee's sacrifice, at least. The bard still couldn't understand why Peter had been there, but from what he'd heard from Deimos the whole event had been a shitshow from start to finish, poorly planned and playing entirely to Sunjata's vanity rather than any useful motion to help others.
