"I thought there was something strange about how the notice was written, too," Jigano admitted with a slight grimace. "But what sort of monster would fake his own death after so many real - and terrible - deaths on Long Night? That seems a bit much for Bastien... I hope..." he trailed off, trying not to think the worst of his coworker-who-might-be-dead.
He caught her look of - was that suspicion? - and some of the sly humor faded from his eyes. Edy was generally a forthright and strikingly honest young woman, and he had taken her earlier dismissal of his apology at face value. But... she was also very young, and very wounded, and it would take more than wounds to mend what had been cracked between them. "Ah, well," he murmured. "Perhaps I misremembered. A shame, since I had a gift for your birthday, but if the timing isn't right..." he smiled slyly at her, tilting his head in a fox's mischievous tease.
He grinned as she went with his 'correction' and placed a hand over his heart theatrically as he accepted the compliment. "It is here, too," he chuckled. "For which I'm grateful! It's one of the more entertaining parts of my work." As a bard, of course, but also as a lorekeeper. Much of what he learned came from people rather than books, after all.
Edy's correction was met with a solemn bow artfully balanced as he kept walking, but as he rose he turned the recovery into a salute. "Why not both?" he grinned charmingly at her in a shameless attempt to bring the smile back to her face.
He caught her look of - was that suspicion? - and some of the sly humor faded from his eyes. Edy was generally a forthright and strikingly honest young woman, and he had taken her earlier dismissal of his apology at face value. But... she was also very young, and very wounded, and it would take more than wounds to mend what had been cracked between them. "Ah, well," he murmured. "Perhaps I misremembered. A shame, since I had a gift for your birthday, but if the timing isn't right..." he smiled slyly at her, tilting his head in a fox's mischievous tease.
He grinned as she went with his 'correction' and placed a hand over his heart theatrically as he accepted the compliment. "It is here, too," he chuckled. "For which I'm grateful! It's one of the more entertaining parts of my work." As a bard, of course, but also as a lorekeeper. Much of what he learned came from people rather than books, after all.
Edy's correction was met with a solemn bow artfully balanced as he kept walking, but as he rose he turned the recovery into a salute. "Why not both?" he grinned charmingly at her in a shameless attempt to bring the smile back to her face.
