Jigano shared Lucas's opinion on the names of the seasons, but he found he was getting used to them the longer he was there. Proof that familiarity bred indifference, he supposed. "Your guess is as good as mine... I've only met their leader, Ronin, once or twice and, ah, I didn't get to see him really test his mettle either time." The first time the man had been struck by an arrow which was probably not his finest moment. Hunting with Sugar and Isuma had been quite a bit of fun though, and he tentatively liked the man... though he had no idea what his skills and abilities were, aside from being the head of the Monster Hunter's Guild - an organization that seemed singularly well-suited to taking on a demon.
The rather - well, extremely - personal question had the bard raising his gaze to examine Lucas with a little more lucidity, a silver brow arching slowly in surprise. "I suppose so, however much heartache it eventually ends in," he admitted, allowing himself the rare moment of vulnerability, with Long Night's shadow stretching over them all with the promise of death and worse. He had almost lost Amalia, almost lost Rory...
Had lost Isla.
"And what about yourself?" he said quietly. "You, who protect others... what is most important for you to protect?"
The comment on the bridge earned a small huff that might have been amusement, if Jigano had the strength for such. "A swift death for an Accepted... a slow and lingering one for an Ascended, I am told," he warned, though not with any real vigor behind what might have once been a joke.
The rather - well, extremely - personal question had the bard raising his gaze to examine Lucas with a little more lucidity, a silver brow arching slowly in surprise. "I suppose so, however much heartache it eventually ends in," he admitted, allowing himself the rare moment of vulnerability, with Long Night's shadow stretching over them all with the promise of death and worse. He had almost lost Amalia, almost lost Rory...
Had lost Isla.
"And what about yourself?" he said quietly. "You, who protect others... what is most important for you to protect?"
The comment on the bridge earned a small huff that might have been amusement, if Jigano had the strength for such. "A swift death for an Accepted... a slow and lingering one for an Ascended, I am told," he warned, though not with any real vigor behind what might have once been a joke.
