They both had secrets, and she wasn’t about to tell him hers even if his concern and outright surprise at hearing Bastien’s name and the fact he was alive had pulled on her strings a bit. She shrugged her shoulders toward him as he spoke of the funeral and how it seemed a bit fishy, and deep inside she had wondered how Bastien planned to avoid the fallout that might happen if less forgiving people had learned the truth. She looked back to Jigano with a small smile, perhaps a hint of sorrow because she knew what he had endured over Longnight. And to make light of it was certainly a slap in the face. “I don’t know where he went, or who the old man was. But Bastien wasn’t there, he was with the Voice.” She answered quietly, glancing back to her sewing patterns and taking another color to start on another flag that could be combined with the first. “He became Ascended.” She finally said, looking back to Jigano in a frank kind of look. “The old man left soon after his return, I think. You know Bastien, he wouldn’t have liked someone poking about his things. Perhaps he ran the old man off?” She contemplated. Years of a royal mask coming over her face to hide the truth immensely well. Feeding a few truths into the lie to make it seem normal.
But she realized she couldn’t quite defend him entirely, and hoped that perhaps his blunders would be forgotten among the greater threats surrounding them. But she was happy for the distraction as she peeked to the little gryphon with a wide grin, business as usual. She hadn’t expected Jigano to let her hold the small creature, but who was Rexanna to deny the opportunity? Eagerly, she reached out her hands — after putting the needle safely away for the moment — to fuss over the gryphon. “Isuma.” Rexanna repeated with a cheerful grin. “Oh she’s lovely, Jigano!” She would allow the gryphon to latch onto her fingers and settle somewhere around her too, if she wanted, but not without the hopes of petting the soft fur and feathers the creature bore. She was stunning and unlike anything Rexanna had ever seen, and she grinned at the opportunity. “Where did you get her?” She questioned, tilting her head as her sapphire gaze slipped to Jigano with questions brimming.
The world was surprising, and had continued to surprise her after every turn. Creatures she had never seen before, each with their own unique responsibilities. What would happen to them if the barrier fell? Were there Luxere out beyond the barrier too? And if so, did they serve the same purpose that they did from within?
But she realized she couldn’t quite defend him entirely, and hoped that perhaps his blunders would be forgotten among the greater threats surrounding them. But she was happy for the distraction as she peeked to the little gryphon with a wide grin, business as usual. She hadn’t expected Jigano to let her hold the small creature, but who was Rexanna to deny the opportunity? Eagerly, she reached out her hands — after putting the needle safely away for the moment — to fuss over the gryphon. “Isuma.” Rexanna repeated with a cheerful grin. “Oh she’s lovely, Jigano!” She would allow the gryphon to latch onto her fingers and settle somewhere around her too, if she wanted, but not without the hopes of petting the soft fur and feathers the creature bore. She was stunning and unlike anything Rexanna had ever seen, and she grinned at the opportunity. “Where did you get her?” She questioned, tilting her head as her sapphire gaze slipped to Jigano with questions brimming.
The world was surprising, and had continued to surprise her after every turn. Creatures she had never seen before, each with their own unique responsibilities. What would happen to them if the barrier fell? Were there Luxere out beyond the barrier too? And if so, did they serve the same purpose that they did from within?
