Killian nodded to Jigano’s response to his first question. He understood the dealings between a people and their leaders pretty well, and he also knew how the introduction of something new and unknown was often like a bag of kernels. Just a little heat is all it took to make it pop, as was the way with most conflict. It seemed that was true of all worlds, humans were pretty much the same wherever they went. So they government here was meant to keep the tensions down, and satiate the very human hunger for disagreement.
Jigano explained the map, and the magical place beyond where the border had been. The way it was described, the woods themselves seemed to be alive, deciding who to let past and who to spit back out. This sounded like a challenge more than an obstacle, and Kiki decided that after he’d explored more of the Hollowed Grounds he would try his luck with the mystical thicket. ”Have you been?” he asked, seeing as Jigano seemed to be speaking from experience.
