[The staff comes down with a resounding clang and a crack that resonates.
Vakama can't hide the full body flinch at the noise, fingers tightening against the smaller of the masks as he starts removing the cases from the pillows. Even pulled away from his forge for these last long years, the sound of a mask's destruction still sent a pit of dismay straight into his gut. The echo of days, weeks, months of hard work, ruined in a single blow and destined for the reclamation yards.
He pauses, not letting his eyes drift as he waits to see if Viktor will repeat the blow again. But when that doesn't happen right away, he'll chance a look - first to the mask, now cleanly cracked against the bed; then to Viktor, brow furrowed.]
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I hope there is freedom in this for you. [It's a quiet statement as he wraps the dulled orange metal in his hands, moving over to the empty chest on his side of the room.] Take a moment if you need it.
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Vakama can't hide the full body flinch at the noise, fingers tightening against the smaller of the masks as he starts removing the cases from the pillows. Even pulled away from his forge for these last long years, the sound of a mask's destruction still sent a pit of dismay straight into his gut. The echo of days, weeks, months of hard work, ruined in a single blow and destined for the reclamation yards.
He pauses, not letting his eyes drift as he waits to see if Viktor will repeat the blow again. But when that doesn't happen right away, he'll chance a look - first to the mask, now cleanly cracked against the bed; then to Viktor, brow furrowed.]
...
I hope there is freedom in this for you. [It's a quiet statement as he wraps the dulled orange metal in his hands, moving over to the empty chest on his side of the room.] Take a moment if you need it.