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On her way back to her family V’demhe had found a rather nice looking piece of wood and had started to shave it. Mostly she wanted to remove the bark and any knots that would prevent it from being smooth. It was fairly easy to do since her blades were sharp and her hand was steady. The only thing she really had to look out for was the length and just how much she was shaving off. Eventually the wood started to take the shape of a bow as she curved it and made a place for the hand to go. Once the general shape of a bow was made she stopped chipping at the wood.

Dem fished into her pockets for some string since she wanted to get the newly made weapon strung. After finding it she wrapped the string around one end and made sure it was knotted tight. It would be no good if the thing came undone. Then she flipped the bow over and bent it slightly to give it that curve that all bows had. The tension was tight and she made quick action of tying the string to the other side. When it was secure V’demhe held the bow as one would normally. Her eyes were looking for any imperfections or weaknesses that would need to be fixed.

Since she found nothing wrong with the bow she smiled and nodded her head. It wasn’t fancy or even top quality, but it would do as a first bow. Everyone needed to start somewhere, right? Now she needed to test it out. Gripping the wooden center she plucked the string. It gave a twang in response to prove that it was tight. That was good. In a moment of truth, to see just how well it would hold up, she pulled back on the bow string and waited to see if it would snap. When no such thing happened she grinned. It was fit for use then. Perfect.



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