Jigano's smile widened a little at Amalia's silent approval of the new recruit, but for the moment he let the conversation continue on towards more somber topics. In truth he was as interested as Seiji in the funeral customs of Caido. Candles and lanterns made sense, with Ludo's iconography. He was a little surprised to hear that planting was customary as well though, and he drew in breath a little sharply, before letting it out slowly with a quiet smile for his friend. "There are some similar customs on my world," he said softly. "Planting something as a memorial... I was planning to do that for Isla, even though she wasn't truly lost. But since she died, at least for a while, it seemed appropriate." To honor who she had been, and the skill she had lost, in a way, the deftness of her hands replaced by the healing magics of a horn.
Seiji's following question and his admission on the nature of the gods earned a nod of approval - and a raised brow towards Amalia. The bard was also curious as to how his pious friend would describe the gods, given that Ludo and the Voice were the only two he'd encountered personally - and most of his encounters with the goddess of the Ascended were as a passive bystander. But before Amalia could answer he brought his hands together softly with a smile of welcome for the young man, and another shared smile with the baker. "This sounds like a conversation that loreseekers should have in our guild's Hall," he declared, purposefully including Seiji in their number. "We can stoke the fire down there and put tea on, and settle into more comfortable chairs while we talk. What do you say?"
Seiji's following question and his admission on the nature of the gods earned a nod of approval - and a raised brow towards Amalia. The bard was also curious as to how his pious friend would describe the gods, given that Ludo and the Voice were the only two he'd encountered personally - and most of his encounters with the goddess of the Ascended were as a passive bystander. But before Amalia could answer he brought his hands together softly with a smile of welcome for the young man, and another shared smile with the baker. "This sounds like a conversation that loreseekers should have in our guild's Hall," he declared, purposefully including Seiji in their number. "We can stoke the fire down there and put tea on, and settle into more comfortable chairs while we talk. What do you say?"
