deadalready | 9th Swing [Video]

[The video lights up on Cato's face as he watches something off-screen with a very fixed look. Whatever it is, it grabbed his attention just before he opened his journal. It's only a few seconds before he looks back at the page and clears his throat.]

So does anyone want to tell me who's responsible for this --

[The video cuts away a moment, blurring as he shifts to stealthily show Clove hunkered down over some small piece of wood in her hands with a look of very intense concentration her face. There are little bandages peppering her fingers and she looks like she's trying to cut the little piece into something smaller. She keeps shaving away at it.

The video jerks back to Cato's very bemused face.]

I have no idea what she's doing. But it's been going on for days now and I'm a little....weirded out. Every time I tell her to stop because it's making her upset she just yells at me and she won't even show me what she's doing with it.

This is the first time she's cut herself with her knives in years. I don't think I've seen her this bad with one since we were thirteen and just starting out with our weapons.

Someone told her to do this, didn't they? It just...doesn't make sense for her.

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Maybe some gentle nudging? Ooooor...figure out a way to make her think it's her idea!

[ Rapunzel can be downright crafty when she tries. ]

[Cato on the other hand, isn't.]

...How would I do that?

Hmmm... [ Okay, that’s easier said than done. ] You could ask her about how it’s going. And then ask her how she wants to improve! And then maybe she’ll come up with it on her own?

[He thinks Rapunzel is pretty smart. Clever. He nods his head, agreeing quietly as she speaks.]

That's a good idea....I mean, it might actually work.

I should hope so! Though..I wonder if there's anyone in the village who can teach her.

There's a girl named Fuuko who seems like she'd be able to help if I - if Clove asked.

Oh - Fuuko knows how to carve wood? [ Oh, excellent. And she was such a kind person, too. ] Wonderful! She should be in good hands, then.

Yeah, she's been...really helpful.

[He sounds mildly surprised. Not that Fuuko was helpful - but that he doesn't have as much of a problem accepting said help as he might have before. It's one of his self-declared personality traits: Does Not Like Help.]

Well, don't sound so surprised! The people around here are wonderfully helpful.

[ It was one of her favorite things about Luceti. ]

9th Swing [Video]

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