Jigano nodded sharply, still tense but reminded of Deimos, of anger getting the better of him in the past. Laying blame on others was almost as easy as laying it on himself when things didn't go according to mortal plans. Peter's name, the General's careful narration of what had happened... He didn't think that the Sword had forgiven this would-be dagger, but he was more adept at keeping those feelings locked away rather than on display for the whole world to see.
A lesson for the bard, to not repeat the mistakes hard-learned with his friend's fiancee with the lover of another friend, even though she was now lost to them both.
"I'm making one for Adam," he said gruffly, another twist of loss added to the growing list.
Ludo and Maea were the ones to make the decision, the bard thought, whatever his own opinion of the Flood. But whether Ludo would was another question entirely, for a man who gave allegiance to Safrin. Then again, Wessex had been chosen last year, and the soulguide was fickle but not nearly so jealous as the star-eyed goddess.
Silence might have fallen then, but Sunjata's question was as unexpected as Jigano's earlier one had been, and he tilted his head before offering a faint shrug. "It is... something I have always been," he said simply. "Born that way. Except for that first year here, when I lost my magic. Now it's back and different but... some of it remains similar, at least. What is it like to be human and become Attuned?"
A lesson for the bard, to not repeat the mistakes hard-learned with his friend's fiancee with the lover of another friend, even though she was now lost to them both.
"I'm making one for Adam," he said gruffly, another twist of loss added to the growing list.
Ludo and Maea were the ones to make the decision, the bard thought, whatever his own opinion of the Flood. But whether Ludo would was another question entirely, for a man who gave allegiance to Safrin. Then again, Wessex had been chosen last year, and the soulguide was fickle but not nearly so jealous as the star-eyed goddess.
Silence might have fallen then, but Sunjata's question was as unexpected as Jigano's earlier one had been, and he tilted his head before offering a faint shrug. "It is... something I have always been," he said simply. "Born that way. Except for that first year here, when I lost my magic. Now it's back and different but... some of it remains similar, at least. What is it like to be human and become Attuned?"
