08-05-2010, 04:22 PM
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Profession? The word was unfamiliar to Nayru, who did not know such concepts as work, careers and monetary systems. As far as her life went, she knew that some people chose to specialize in certain areas, such as Bris crafting her jewelry, and this was the best definition Nayru could apply to the word “profession”. It worked well enough then: Saluce specialized in creating weapons and other such tools made of metal. It was interesting to say the least, but Nayru didn’t quite know what to make of it. She knew what swords, daggers and all that were, what they were used for, but how they had been created hadn’t ever crossed her mind. Nayru knew that humans had made varied and immense amount of different items, but she had not considered that such substantial objects were still created anew. The jewelry Bris made was different somehow, perhaps because the material she used didn’t undergo such a complete transformation as Saluce indicated the steel he possessed would. That Saluce had learned from books was notable, and Nayru again realized how valuable literacy could prove to be. The knowledge that Bris was teaching her to read and that she already had a clumsy grasp on it was a comfort. Still the male must have spent many hours practicing, made many mistakes. Very few souls could claim that such ability was completely inherent, especially with such a particular hobby. For a moment Nayru wondered why she was not so dedicated to anything in particular, but did not dwell on it. She’d fill her potential someday, whatever it was, and in the meantime she wasn’t apt to worry over it. At the invitation to look at the sword Nayru took it up in her hands, the weight of the weapon more than she expected. Setting it on her lap the girl purposefully pressed a finger into the tip, applying more pressure until it punched her skin, just so slightly. Examining her finger as droplets of liquid, the same shade as her eyes, began to pool, she very childishly stuck the finger in her mouth and sucked on it. “How often have you actually had to use your swords?” Her melodic voice was muffled by the finger in her mouth but her eyes were interested. Indeed she hadn’t even witnessed a weapon in action and only really knew about them through conversations. Nayru knew that certain wolves, wolves like Saluce and Cwmfen, owned weapons, but how often they employed the use of the items or if it was really even practical eluded Nayru. |