Jigano settled beside the shrine and the dragon statue, watching Deimos work on his own luxere offering, a creature of wooden bones and sharp antlers, undead and yet once so very much alive. Once, the General had been able to craft wonders with a few moments of concentration. Seeing him struggle with this now was...
Unsettling, to say the least. If someone as skilled as Deimos could find his magic so destabilized, what did that bode for the rest of them?
A grin at the declaration of a tie, either magnanimous on the General's part or else an attempt to mitigate some of Adam's crowing, he suspected. Nor was he surprised to hear that the gun had been held in reserve - for Adam's hands only. Now lost in some dragon's icy hoard in Halo, for better or worse. The bard drew a breath to comment, but the dancing of the stones at his friend's feet drew his attention even as Isuma made a tackling pounce for one of the pebbles, and a silver brow arched in surprise. "You lose some, you gain some," he murmured, eyes narrowing as he looked from the luxere and back to the shifting sand. "When you've got a moment, do you think you could try and lift one of those small rocks? Without using your hands," he added with a rueful smile.
Unsettling, to say the least. If someone as skilled as Deimos could find his magic so destabilized, what did that bode for the rest of them?
A grin at the declaration of a tie, either magnanimous on the General's part or else an attempt to mitigate some of Adam's crowing, he suspected. Nor was he surprised to hear that the gun had been held in reserve - for Adam's hands only. Now lost in some dragon's icy hoard in Halo, for better or worse. The bard drew a breath to comment, but the dancing of the stones at his friend's feet drew his attention even as Isuma made a tackling pounce for one of the pebbles, and a silver brow arched in surprise. "You lose some, you gain some," he murmured, eyes narrowing as he looked from the luxere and back to the shifting sand. "When you've got a moment, do you think you could try and lift one of those small rocks? Without using your hands," he added with a rueful smile.
