Jigano's jaw tightened at the sight of the ragged youth, barefoot in the snow and seeking solace from the dark and cold from doors that would not open and light that was locked away. He tried to stride forward, to add a full-grown man's hand to the knocking, the authority of his voice-
But this wasn't real, was it? It was a vision of the past, a story being told, and nothing he could change. He bowed his head for a moment, counting three beats of his heart before he looked up again and nodded grimly. He followed the luckless waif as he was bid, but the words Ludo spoke chimed like dark bells down the shadowed corridor of his thoughts. "The first," he repeated softly. "Makes it sound like it is not a natural occurrence on this world. Like something, someone - some god or demon - chose to impose it upon Caido. Knowing it was coming was frightening enough... I cannot imagine how terrible it must have been that first time, when no sun rose and no stars shone and no one knew why." He paused, swallowing hard. "Or whether they would ever see the dawn again." But still, to leave the young one out in the cold, alone and helpless... Fear could cause people to make terrible choices, the bard knew that well, but that didn't mean those choices could be forgiven.
But this wasn't real, was it? It was a vision of the past, a story being told, and nothing he could change. He bowed his head for a moment, counting three beats of his heart before he looked up again and nodded grimly. He followed the luckless waif as he was bid, but the words Ludo spoke chimed like dark bells down the shadowed corridor of his thoughts. "The first," he repeated softly. "Makes it sound like it is not a natural occurrence on this world. Like something, someone - some god or demon - chose to impose it upon Caido. Knowing it was coming was frightening enough... I cannot imagine how terrible it must have been that first time, when no sun rose and no stars shone and no one knew why." He paused, swallowing hard. "Or whether they would ever see the dawn again." But still, to leave the young one out in the cold, alone and helpless... Fear could cause people to make terrible choices, the bard knew that well, but that didn't mean those choices could be forgiven.
