long road out to recovery

The snarl that came from Jigano made Sam flinch, taking his hand away. Watching Jigano carefully, he slowly began to relax as he saw the bard become more human again. The Blight's lingering effects were stronger than he had imagined; to actually see the consequences of the disease he'd helped spread truly added to his guilt. Jigano's questions were ones he had asked himself, and he did have a couple of answers. "I suppose it's easier to attack me than someone like Wessex...they probably know I'm not going to fight back." He imagined if the same thing had happened to her, she would have known what to do, would have immediately turned and overpowered her assailant without a second thought. "And...I mean...you were angry with me about it before. I think...people are just mad, and they don't know what do. I mean, after all, it was...my fault..." He looked down, sighing. Last time they had spoken about it, he had angrily defended himself and his Goddess; it was painful to have to admit to Jigano he had been wrong. Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child