Spun about by the stone, Jigano bowed his head in defeat. He had wanted to save the great serpent's life, its wisdom, it's loyalty and honor...
But those very qualities would not allow it to be saved.
I would remember your name, Guardian, he said in the speech of the Attuned, coughing too badly to speak aloud. If you would give it.
He looked longingly to the light, curiosity burning through him even brighter and hotter than the pain of his wounded shoulder, and his past, his soul, the core of him, yearned to go through it, to the world beyond, to the place he had learned of in Safrin's books...
But his heart pulled him back, pulled him away from the answers to his questions and the questions still in need of answers. Pulled him, stumbling, to the door, and the lantern he scooped up to light his way through the choking smoke and dust.
Pulled him up, up the stairs, and out into the moonlight, grim and bloodied and coughing, but alive.
Jigano withdraws from the KQ!
But those very qualities would not allow it to be saved.
I would remember your name, Guardian, he said in the speech of the Attuned, coughing too badly to speak aloud. If you would give it.
He looked longingly to the light, curiosity burning through him even brighter and hotter than the pain of his wounded shoulder, and his past, his soul, the core of him, yearned to go through it, to the world beyond, to the place he had learned of in Safrin's books...
But his heart pulled him back, pulled him away from the answers to his questions and the questions still in need of answers. Pulled him, stumbling, to the door, and the lantern he scooped up to light his way through the choking smoke and dust.
Pulled him up, up the stairs, and out into the moonlight, grim and bloodied and coughing, but alive.
Jigano withdraws from the KQ!
