pendantry

Ten

I have new things for sale.

[Raven picks up the book, to turn it around and show off her new merchandise; some of it is jewelry, some of it is just her playing with metal - metal that came from stuff she took apart after finding it in the item shop. Then there is a row of decorative things. Kyle is visible on the other side of the counter, with a specific focus on the metal leaves and flowers of her potted "plants".]

Mmh, I shouldn't say "for sale". They don't cost anything. If you like them you can have one. [Most don't have any kind of attribute either, due to their just-plain-metal nature. The plants occasionally have gems and crystals as part of the flowers; there are a half-dozen birdnest objects, some with stone eggs inside and some with crystal eggs.

Raven's growing fear of being left alone makes her a clingier employee and, surprise surprise, a friendlier salesperson.]

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Ah I'm - not totally sure how that would fit with the decor here... How did you even make that though?

Out of metal.

[Sometimes he asks the dumbest questions.]

Come on, you know what I meant.

[ PROBABLY? Right...? ]

You meant something else?

[No, she really doesn't know. Most people use 'what is it made of' to ask that question but the sentiment is the same.]

I... have trouble imagining how you could make a flower like that.

You're not a blacksmith.

[Raven, master of the verbal shrug. She doesn't expect him to imagine it, and no one else should be expected to either.]

True, I'm a dramatist.

[ with a little laugh at a joke based on that other conversation ] But I have heard before that a blacksmith's heart goes into their work, so doesn't that mean that your heart is as beautiful as your exterior?

[Shouldn't it mean her heart is made of metal and stone?]

Are you trying to...flirt?

... Maybe a little bit, yeah.

Well stop it.

[It won't get him anywhere and it's making her uncomfortable and him look stupid.]

Eeeeeeh... Is there a particularly reason why, Raven-san? Did you have an SO I'm not clear on, not interested at all in the sense of you prefer girls, something else?

Why do you need a reason?

Mostly to know if I've got an outside shot.

[ But she's right, of course. He laughs, and it devolves into a sigh]

But if you insist, Raven-san, you'll hear no more plaudits from me.