Jigano blinked, realizing too late that he had come across as more than a little rude. Bowing his head over his teacup gravely, he glanced up at Sam from beneath frosted lashes. "I'm sorry," he said, genuinely contrite. "I never meant that you would hurt anyone, Samuel. I spoke without thought, and I didn't mean to insult you. That it was done to you... that you didn't choose it for yourself... well." The bard sighed, sipping his tea as he took in the new information. "I was speaking more along the lines of some other hypothetical Ascended, friend."
He tilted his head at the other man's inability to describe what happened during the... ritual? He was starting to get used to how vague the bookmaker could be, but this was particularly bad. The more upset something made him, the less coherent he was on the details...
So Jigano set his cup down, giving a little shake of his head. "I would like to hear more about what it is to be one these... Ascended," he said, tasting the word with cautious curiosity. "It sounds like there are some similarities to the vampires of my world, but you are proof of just how many differences there are as well. But... we don't need to talk about it now. Not if it makes you uncomfortable to speak of it," he finished gently. "Perhaps if you found that deck of cards we could play a hand or two instead?"
He tilted his head at the other man's inability to describe what happened during the... ritual? He was starting to get used to how vague the bookmaker could be, but this was particularly bad. The more upset something made him, the less coherent he was on the details...
So Jigano set his cup down, giving a little shake of his head. "I would like to hear more about what it is to be one these... Ascended," he said, tasting the word with cautious curiosity. "It sounds like there are some similarities to the vampires of my world, but you are proof of just how many differences there are as well. But... we don't need to talk about it now. Not if it makes you uncomfortable to speak of it," he finished gently. "Perhaps if you found that deck of cards we could play a hand or two instead?"
