What did he think, that Valdis had carved the wooden practice swords herself? X knew better than that. The part of him encompassing Valdis's reactions knew better than that. Perhaps, even now, he was still that unaccustomed to having an entire community of people to rely on, even people he'd never met and didn't know.
He handed the hilt over to Valdis immediately and dropped to his knees to gather up the splinters. "I can help carve another one," he said mindlessly. "Or I can pay for -- I can help, I can do something to help."
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What did he think, that Valdis had carved the wooden practice swords herself? X knew better than that. The part of him encompassing Valdis's reactions knew better than that. Perhaps, even now, he was still that unaccustomed to having an entire community of people to rely on, even people he'd never met and didn't know.
He handed the hilt over to Valdis immediately and dropped to his knees to gather up the splinters. "I can help carve another one," he said mindlessly. "Or I can pay for -- I can help, I can do something to help."