The tea was quite good, and Jigano smiled at the server as she went past to bring more cookies to another table. His smile faded as he looked back at Sam and the seriousness of their conversation, nodding slowly at the other man's way of thinking. "That's a more comforting way to look at it from our end, since we can't do anything about it either way," he agreed with a sad smile.
The sadness faded towards wry thoughtfulness at Sam's curiosity, but it was the sort of trait he encouraged in his loreseekers so he hummed for a moment as he considered it. "I... don't know that I have a preference," he mused at last. "Mostly I'd be curious to see what sorts of lanterns people came up with for me. Yours now... I would make a theme with books, perhaps write pages of poetry to glue around the outside, and have the base be wooden or light metal shaped like an open book," he told his friend with a wry smile for how strange the conversation must seem to anyone who didn't know them.
Though a little surprised that Sam wanted to make a lantern for someone he'd never met, his explanation soothed Jigano's own curiosity on the matter and he nodded with a soft sigh. "I think that describes him rather well even at the best of times. But it's a kindness I hope he accepts. He needs more help than he asks for, I think." They all did, far too often.
The sadness faded towards wry thoughtfulness at Sam's curiosity, but it was the sort of trait he encouraged in his loreseekers so he hummed for a moment as he considered it. "I... don't know that I have a preference," he mused at last. "Mostly I'd be curious to see what sorts of lanterns people came up with for me. Yours now... I would make a theme with books, perhaps write pages of poetry to glue around the outside, and have the base be wooden or light metal shaped like an open book," he told his friend with a wry smile for how strange the conversation must seem to anyone who didn't know them.
Though a little surprised that Sam wanted to make a lantern for someone he'd never met, his explanation soothed Jigano's own curiosity on the matter and he nodded with a soft sigh. "I think that describes him rather well even at the best of times. But it's a kindness I hope he accepts. He needs more help than he asks for, I think." They all did, far too often.
