He nodded, the wan smile remaining as he remembered her patching up one precious patient in particular. Another, Amalia, he had not seen her work on, but he had seen the results of her efforts and he was more grateful than he knew how to say. His smile faltered at the reminder that it was just the two of them in there for now, and he sighed softly in reluctant agreement. "We depended on her so easily and so much... I never thought that she would be..." not lost, perhaps, but changed so much that she might as well have been. Without finishing the sentence he bent to a brief task before trying to sort some order from the chaos.
Neither of them did well with idleness, it seemed. Jigano smiled more naturally as she helped define the tasks ahead, and he took a moment to roll his sleeves up and tie them back as Isuma chased a dust bunny across the floor. "Shall I start with the sweeping, then? You've made a good start on the beds already, and I'd hate to ruin a good rhythm," he offered, already heading to the back of the room to seek out the broom. He could open a few windows back there while he was at it, too!
His smooth stride hitched at her unexpected announcement, the bard wincing as he came to a stop, leaning against a window frame. "Ah." Not, perhaps, the most eloquent of responses he could have given. He opened the window to let in the light before turning to face Vervain with a wince. "How is Edy? I've been trying to track her down since the Spark Bird came but..." he shrugged a little helplessly, indicating his lack of success. "She... I'm worried about her, after what happened that night," he admitted, taking the broom and slowly beginning to push dirt and minor debris into a pile.
Neither of them did well with idleness, it seemed. Jigano smiled more naturally as she helped define the tasks ahead, and he took a moment to roll his sleeves up and tie them back as Isuma chased a dust bunny across the floor. "Shall I start with the sweeping, then? You've made a good start on the beds already, and I'd hate to ruin a good rhythm," he offered, already heading to the back of the room to seek out the broom. He could open a few windows back there while he was at it, too!
His smooth stride hitched at her unexpected announcement, the bard wincing as he came to a stop, leaning against a window frame. "Ah." Not, perhaps, the most eloquent of responses he could have given. He opened the window to let in the light before turning to face Vervain with a wince. "How is Edy? I've been trying to track her down since the Spark Bird came but..." he shrugged a little helplessly, indicating his lack of success. "She... I'm worried about her, after what happened that night," he admitted, taking the broom and slowly beginning to push dirt and minor debris into a pile.
