As the girl had accepted and Jigano had offered friendly greetings, Rance wove around the delivery carts to approach the building itself. Rance gave the latter a grin and nod in greeting, but before he could ask for more information, the young woman — Freina — was providing it in uncertain terms. Rance’s brows rose in surprise and admiration as she laid out her plans for the day, seemingly without worry that either man would argue. Then again, they’d offered to help and she did appear to know Jigano. Whatever had led her to start a business on her own at such a young age, it was bolstered by a lack of fear and the ability to steamroll ahead before anyone could think to disagree.
He stepped aside as Freina went to the carts and found the supplies she was talking about, baffled amusement in his expression. At Jigano’s reply, amusement was tempered with a more professional thoughtfulness. “Yeah, not a problem. I’ve patched a few leaky roofs.” He turned to Freina and gave her another grin. “Rance, by the way. Pleasure to meet you. Won’t waste time chattin’, sounds like you’ve got a lot planned. I’ll do my best to help out.” He could only assume that payment of some sort would be discussed at the end, if there was any at all since he’d stepped into this without trying to make an arrangement ahead of time.
What was that Jigano and Sunjata had said about accruing good will and favors?
With some lingering unease — he still wasn’t used to having people accept his transformations as ‘natural’ for a ‘human’ — Rance shifted into raven form and fluttered up to the roof. He found the hole, circled it once by air, then on foot, balancing carefully with claw and wing, even tipping down far enough to duck his head past the opening, getting an angle his human body couldn’t manage.
Once Jigano arrived below and shouted up, he found a place that would hold his weight without worry of slipping and transformed back, replying, “That’s the place to start. We’ll need a get a brace underneath. A new board between the rafters for the patch boards to get nailed to. I'll hive the shingles up fast if you want to get that ready.” With that he flew down to find a ladder and a tool for prying off the damaged shingles. He could balance on the roof fairly easily, but even he wasn't stupid enough to assume he could get the leverage from every angle doing it that way.
He stepped aside as Freina went to the carts and found the supplies she was talking about, baffled amusement in his expression. At Jigano’s reply, amusement was tempered with a more professional thoughtfulness. “Yeah, not a problem. I’ve patched a few leaky roofs.” He turned to Freina and gave her another grin. “Rance, by the way. Pleasure to meet you. Won’t waste time chattin’, sounds like you’ve got a lot planned. I’ll do my best to help out.” He could only assume that payment of some sort would be discussed at the end, if there was any at all since he’d stepped into this without trying to make an arrangement ahead of time.
What was that Jigano and Sunjata had said about accruing good will and favors?
With some lingering unease — he still wasn’t used to having people accept his transformations as ‘natural’ for a ‘human’ — Rance shifted into raven form and fluttered up to the roof. He found the hole, circled it once by air, then on foot, balancing carefully with claw and wing, even tipping down far enough to duck his head past the opening, getting an angle his human body couldn’t manage.
Once Jigano arrived below and shouted up, he found a place that would hold his weight without worry of slipping and transformed back, replying, “That’s the place to start. We’ll need a get a brace underneath. A new board between the rafters for the patch boards to get nailed to. I'll hive the shingles up fast if you want to get that ready.” With that he flew down to find a ladder and a tool for prying off the damaged shingles. He could balance on the roof fairly easily, but even he wasn't stupid enough to assume he could get the leverage from every angle doing it that way.
