"I hope you don't feel too much pain, then," the bard said gently. "Nor often. Do you still heal quickly?" A reasonable question, he hoped, with the looming fear of 'adverse effects' still lingering in his thoughts. What price, this upgrade? Was it truly so miraculously easy as Remi had hoped? He'd be grateful to the pup if so, but Jigano couldn't help but wait for the downside of the deal.
There was always a downside, when one meddled with gods. At least for him.
"If he made you something like that... and went on a date with you... then, yes, I think he likes you," Jigano said gently, his smile soft even as he tucked his fingers into his sleeves for warmth - and to brush one sadly against the luck-piece he'd braved the Labyrinth to have made.
The rabbit's plight brought a frown of concentration to the lorekeeper's lips, and he nodded agreement to Sam's plea. "Yes, of course... I'm just afraid if we approach it from this side, we might scare it closer to the barrier." A tasty meal in another form became a mission of mercy with Samuel's kind heart leading the charge, and Jigano exhaled slowly as he looked around consideringly. "I'm not sure... perhaps if we back up a bit, so the little one has a clear path to run, and... throw something behind it? To try and startle it forward and away from the bubble?" It wasn't a great plan, but, hunter though he was, he didn't like the way the little creature shivered in fear and pain at the barrier's edge.
Backing up slowly, Jigano bent to scoop some snow into his hands, packing it into a ball as he judged the distance. He wasn't strong, but he was precise - the ball flew in from the side, the rabbit glancing up at the last second and startling, just as the snow landed a few inches in front of its nose. The spray of its collapse into the snowbank powdered the rabbit's nose, and it instinctively kicked backwards, hopping a mad zig-zag away from the field of power that the barrier exuded. Its steps faltered after just a little distance, however, and it once more froze into quivering stillness, as though it had used all of its energy just to get back into normal air.
There was always a downside, when one meddled with gods. At least for him.
"If he made you something like that... and went on a date with you... then, yes, I think he likes you," Jigano said gently, his smile soft even as he tucked his fingers into his sleeves for warmth - and to brush one sadly against the luck-piece he'd braved the Labyrinth to have made.
The rabbit's plight brought a frown of concentration to the lorekeeper's lips, and he nodded agreement to Sam's plea. "Yes, of course... I'm just afraid if we approach it from this side, we might scare it closer to the barrier." A tasty meal in another form became a mission of mercy with Samuel's kind heart leading the charge, and Jigano exhaled slowly as he looked around consideringly. "I'm not sure... perhaps if we back up a bit, so the little one has a clear path to run, and... throw something behind it? To try and startle it forward and away from the bubble?" It wasn't a great plan, but, hunter though he was, he didn't like the way the little creature shivered in fear and pain at the barrier's edge.
Backing up slowly, Jigano bent to scoop some snow into his hands, packing it into a ball as he judged the distance. He wasn't strong, but he was precise - the ball flew in from the side, the rabbit glancing up at the last second and startling, just as the snow landed a few inches in front of its nose. The spray of its collapse into the snowbank powdered the rabbit's nose, and it instinctively kicked backwards, hopping a mad zig-zag away from the field of power that the barrier exuded. Its steps faltered after just a little distance, however, and it once more froze into quivering stillness, as though it had used all of its energy just to get back into normal air.
