Jigano's smile warmed at Rexanna's genuine joy in his good fortune, and he turned back to his task with a bit of distraction as Isuma proceeded to play on her lap. "Thank you," he murmured. "I can't imagine not having her by my side anymore. She's such a ray of sunshine for me..." As the gryphlet went on to prove with her happy squeaks and 'defeat' of the cloth creatures she let Rexanna have without a fight when the woman reached for them. Fierce though she could be in her play, the gryphon was also gentle, and not particularly possessive.
He listened curiously to her description of her pet - companion? - and tilted his head as she tried to dismiss it. "When you were with the Asciend?" he hazarded, based on the bits of her history that she had shared. It had certainly been a different life and place, before Caido and while she had still been royalty, at least of a sort.
He chuckled at his companion's antics, Isuma quite happy with Rexanna's attention and Reep!ing proud agreement to what the woman said - or at least, making a sound because Rexanna had made some, and it was only polite to continue a conversation, even if the other person was speaking gibberish. "You've already charmed her," he teased his friend fondly. "Even faster than you did with me!" He collected the finished flower banner and set it aside where it wouldn't get dirty, then handed Isuma a fresh pile of cut cloth to investigate. He whistled, impressed as Rexanna sketched out a fair outline of a (small, still slightly chubby) gryphon cub. He met her grin with a moment of surprise and then a bright smile, looking like he wanted to bow and not quite able to manage it without upending the fabric he was cutting.
"I would very much like!" he assured her delightedly. "I can hang it in the Guildhall, in fact! At least in my office, as a reminder of springtimes past and future, and good friends they've been spent with. Thank you, Rexanna, you are truly a gem."
He listened curiously to her description of her pet - companion? - and tilted his head as she tried to dismiss it. "When you were with the Asciend?" he hazarded, based on the bits of her history that she had shared. It had certainly been a different life and place, before Caido and while she had still been royalty, at least of a sort.
He chuckled at his companion's antics, Isuma quite happy with Rexanna's attention and Reep!ing proud agreement to what the woman said - or at least, making a sound because Rexanna had made some, and it was only polite to continue a conversation, even if the other person was speaking gibberish. "You've already charmed her," he teased his friend fondly. "Even faster than you did with me!" He collected the finished flower banner and set it aside where it wouldn't get dirty, then handed Isuma a fresh pile of cut cloth to investigate. He whistled, impressed as Rexanna sketched out a fair outline of a (small, still slightly chubby) gryphon cub. He met her grin with a moment of surprise and then a bright smile, looking like he wanted to bow and not quite able to manage it without upending the fabric he was cutting.
"I would very much like!" he assured her delightedly. "I can hang it in the Guildhall, in fact! At least in my office, as a reminder of springtimes past and future, and good friends they've been spent with. Thank you, Rexanna, you are truly a gem."
