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Melpomene slept deeply without dreaming, and only woke up when the light between the curtains fell across her eyes.

It was a nice way to wake up. So now, as she opens her eyes, she stirs only slightly, and then settles back into a comfortable position.

Date: 2009-04-08 10:27 pm (UTC)
mechanicalswans: (stare)
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"It is," he agrees. "The best thing about the bar--aside from meeting such charming troublemakers as yourself--is access to supplies that I wouldn't be able to find or make for myself back home. Supplies which will make it possible."

Date: 2009-04-09 02:39 am (UTC)
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"Souls from purgatory," he says quietly, after a quick and nervous glance around. "Specifically, the souls of the innocent who were killed very young by the wickedness of the world. They are pure potential--and the belief system of my world does not allow for that, so I could never have gotten them there."

Date: 2009-04-09 07:28 pm (UTC)
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"Do you disapprove?" he asks. "I didn't kill them, and they were forgotten by the world, even by the ones who should have loved them; but in my work, they are cherished. There's a strange beauty in it."

Date: 2009-04-10 04:56 am (UTC)
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"I've had to justify it to other people," he says, "and I prefer it when I don't have to. It wouldn't be everyone's ideal line of study, but I enjoy it."

Date: 2009-04-10 05:07 am (UTC)
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"Would you like me to teach you what I know?" he asks. "Not all of it, of course, but you could join me in the forge, watch me work, learn the basics..."

Date: 2009-04-10 05:18 am (UTC)
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"I don't usually let people watch me, besides customers--and not often then," he says. "But I would make an exception for you."

Date: 2009-04-10 05:40 am (UTC)
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"Do you... do other kinds of crafting?" he asks. "Make anything with your hands? You wouldn't just need to do metalwork, to be a student of mine."

Date: 2009-04-10 06:02 am (UTC)
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"We'll have to change that," he says with a smile. "Everyone can craft something--it's just a matter of finding what that thing is. Yours may be metal."

Date: 2009-04-10 06:11 am (UTC)
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"Do you have a particular favorite metal?" he asks. "One that is... special to you. I can work with any kind, but you might prefer one over another."

Date: 2009-04-10 06:27 am (UTC)
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"Knives are a more advanced project," he says. "We'll start smaller, and less sharp. You'll do beautifully, I know it."

Date: 2009-04-10 06:50 am (UTC)
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"There's never been anyone that I couldn't teach to make at least something," he says, and sips his coffee. "If you trust me, you'll do fine."

Date: 2009-04-10 07:09 am (UTC)
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"I'll never lie to you unless you want me to," he says softly. "You can trust me as far as you would like."

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