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[breaks_destiny]

[Morning of the 15th... Very early morning of the 15th, like four in the morning or so. House 21's door is getting assaulted by someone knocking on it. And he's not going to leave until someone answers, you have been warned

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[crytearsofjoy]

[At the smithy, working hard on making parts for Vash, is Winry. She won't address you when you first walk in Keiichi, so feel free to browse around. She'll catch you eventually.]

[breaks_destiny]

[That's okay, he will be checking on the knives and other weapons on display. Or maybe just look at her working. Probably both, he will also compare the push-knives there with the ones he already got months ago.]

[crytearsofjoy]

[Eventually she'll put her tools down and remove her goggles. When someone else is in the smithy she knows it, so the girl leaves her work and looks for the visitor. A customer, maybe?]

Is someone here?

[breaks_destiny]

[No, there's no one. Continue working, Keiichi will remain where he is, minding his own bussiness. In this comfy corner of the place.]

No.

[See? No one, move on.]

[crytearsofjoy]

[She knows that voice! And keeps searching.] Keiichi?

[breaks_destiny]

I said there's no one here.

[Sulking tone, stop looking for him. And he's not here. No one is here. Let it be, woman.]

[crytearsofjoy]

Then how are you talking to me? [Her journal isn't even open!]

[breaks_destiny]

[He would reply with "magic" but... Yeah, Primo. So he doesn't answer and instead glues himself to a wall there, focused on the weapons there.]

[crytearsofjoy]

Keiichi? [The smithy isn't TOO big, and she eventually find him.] Keiichi, is there something wrong?

[breaks_destiny]

Nah, nothing wrong.

[It doesn't sound very convincing though. But don't worry, he's just... Dispersed, distracted, numb.]

Lots of work?

[crytearsofjoy]

Not particularly. Just working on a repair job. Are you looking for something?

[breaks_destiny]

Push-knives. And maybe a check up on the ones I have, they don't have much use but... I just suck at taking proper care of them, I don't know how to keep them sharp and such and I suppose that even training will damage them in some way.

[Or something. Maybe he just wanted an excuse to come spy on you.]

[crytearsofjoy]

Push-knives? [Hmmmm.] Mr. Hughes uses those, if I remember correctly. And if you need yours sharpened you could always ask Sokka.

[Or her, but she tends to keep her distance from weaponry if she can.]

[breaks_destiny]

[Nods.]

Yeah, I would ask him about maintenance, since he has been helping me with learning how to use them, but... I would prefer to keep those themes out for a while.

[Until Elicia is back and such, you know. And yes, Hughes has been training Keiichi, didn't he mention that to you?]

I'm not really sure if they need sharpening, I mean, they still cut but... I notice the blade being more dull than when I first got them. Not sure if that's normal or not or bad because I failed to take care of them.

[crytearsofjoy]

Oh no, it's perfectly normal. Even kitchen knives need sharpening eventually. I wouldn't expect you to keep up with that kind of maintenance unless you had a tool to sharpen it by yourself.

[breaks_destiny]

Something like that, though I wonder if I shouldn't get one of those tools to help the blade to keep up longer. But then again maybe it's better to just bring them here and have them sharpened by a professional, or at least by someone who knows what he's doing.