Completed A little bit of Smithing (Kaili and Smithis)

[Kaili]

Kaili glanced at Smithis' recent work and nodded. It was quite good, only slightly off, which was impressive. Making the basics of a circle was easy, but getting it perfect was challenging. The only reason it was the easiest was when creating corners, you had to make sure you only curved that corner. Once you moved off simple shapes and stuff, it became even more challenging at getting the right curves. This kind of smithing required a lot of practice, and you had to find the right way to bend the wire yourself. This was really the reason she wasn't next to Smithis, helping, and she also knew he would probably work better if she was a little further away. Still, he needed some positive feedback other than just her thoughts.

"That's very good. Keep practicing, and tell me when you get...mmmm three perfect in a row. Then we'll move onto squares." Three probably seemed like a lot to him, since he'd only done two so far, but she was sure that her pupil would get it done pretty quickly. She gave a small smile, and returned to practicing spirals. Just before she started though, the Isur glanced at the wire they had left. At this rate, their next lesson would have to be on creating the material. She sighed slightly, annoyed that the teaching would have to be paused slightly, then looked back at the spiral she had just created, grimaced, and tossed it into the scrap bin.

The smith cut another long section of wire, and not feeling in the mood for too much of a challenge, decided to create another pattern. She held the wire over the flames for maybe a chime, then held the one of the ends with a pair of the pliers. Grasping about halfway along the other end with the other tongs, she placed the orangey metal on the anvil and pulled the longer end down, to create a perfect corner. If she'd wanted to be a little more risky, Kaili could make it without the anvil, just in the air, but she wasn't really in the mood. The wire now had a 90 degree angle 1 inches along from it. The tutor bent another corner in the same method pointing the other direction, making a staircase-like pattern. She repeated the steps over and over again, until the wire looked like it had been slightly squished. She smiled, and carefully inspected the metal. Looking at the corners, Kaili could see slight imperfections in the metal, but that was usual, and it wasn't noticeable from any sort of distance. She doused the metal, but instead of finishing it, she held it again over the flames for another chime. She took the two ends, and, like she would with a circle, brought the two ends together, creating a circlet. The finished product looked like a mini crown of sorts, and trying it vaguely on her head, she discovered it would fit onto her sister's, which was slightly smaller. The smith smiled and put the circlet onto the desk, and returned to her spirals.

[Smithis]

Smithis wasn't perfect at this by any means. Before he could make three in a row, he'd scrapped three times that many. Even he who took little notice of such things could gauge how wasteful his actions were. However when he did finally manage to form three circles, he'd try and compare them in diameter. They might've looked the same to him, but he would only settle after further inspection. Turning to Kaili upon finishing, he'd add as if remembering for the first time. „That's right, it's my clan's Trazen today. I hear many people are coming over to the plaza this evening.“ And then he'd flinch for a bit „Are you coming?“ it wasn't like he was asking her to go, it was more curiosity than anything. But he knew he was going – it was the one day he could act almost like his brother and feel no guilt over it. It was almost like it was expected for everyone to relax on such ocassions.

He'd promised mother to accompany her to the plaza... which was more or less just another chance for her to poke and prod at him with all those questions which weren't for father's ears. Smithis had no hurry for such a meeting, but he wouldn't miss the apointment either. And when he thought of it for a bit, there was plenty still to be done. He needed to meet with father, help organize Valon's workload, spend some time with his sister and maybe even go see Devir for a a bell or two. He had time for squares sure, but he wasn't certain it would've been as much time as he'd take to learn the technique properly.

Raising his thoughts back to Kaili, he still wanted to hear her answer.

[Kaili]

Kaili sighed lightly, and nodded. She didn't really want to go, since the smith wasn't exactly a sociable person. But as a Terras clan member in the Sultros citadel, and with a business that wanted to keep and make new customers, her parents were forcing her to go with them. Truthfully, she also should go for Smithis' sake, if she was planning on making their relationship better. Shaking her head to get rid of the depressed feeling, telling herself that it was supposed to be a celebration time, she looked up at her student and gave a more firm "Yes."

The Isur put down her work, which she had finished recently, and walked over to observe Smithis' creations. They were all quite good, and she knew he had spent quite a while working on it. At least it meant that they could move from circles, which though they were the easiest, were also the most boring to create. She held them up for close inspection, and the metal hadn't been hurt too badly either. She gave her pupil another rare smile, and looked at the clock. Their lesson had maybe three chimes left, so there was no point in starting anything else.

"Well, you've done a great job for today, and we don't have much time left, so let's just finish up now... Put away your tools and I'll see you tonight." She turned away and began to clean up her own area, waiting for Smithis to leave before she exited herself.

[Smithis]

It was unexpected to hear his teacher openly claim to attend any social gatherings. He figured her family might've presured into this, but that was besides the point. Given her social awkwardice, she'd make some poor guy's Trazen quite strange. Following this line of thought, he even considered presenting Kaili to his whole family. Maybe she could meet Valon... that'd be quite......interesting?

As he weighed out what to say exactly, he began returning the tools to the wall. Turning his head around, he'd add his earlier idea. „Maybe you could meet my family. My little sister has been urging to meet you lately. Valon would probably like to meet you as well, if you'd allow that“ of course he wouldn't add that his brother was a bit of a creep. He wouldn't slander his own family, plus it was for her figure out on her own.

Upon finishing, he'd turn around and wave at her in farewell. „I'll see you tonight! I need to go now, but thank you for the lesson. I feel less the fool now than ever!“ waving as he walked, he'd soon be gone from sight.