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 Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:37 pm
Severia never really had been good at dealing with people, her mother had certainly seen to that, but with recent events, the young girl had found not only her horizons expanded... but her own mind wandering down paths she had never suspected existed. She desperately wanted to act 'normally,' especially since Kita seemed so friendly and open, but she just couldn't contain her avid curiosity nor fully stop herself from reverting back to the shy mouse that her mother might recognize when embarrassed. Ironically, most of these assumptions regarding how she was being perceived came exclusively from her own mind, so one could say that at this point.. she was her own worst enemy.
Take her most recent action, it was bold for the old Severia, but the new one was hesitant and uncertain with it (despite so decisively doing it.) Now with Kita's reminder that she she might actually need the cloth later, her cheeks flushed an even deeper red despite his smile. " Oh.. well.. I can always find another one... not that I don't think your stitching will be wonderful!" She added the last hastily, catching herself. Oh what a fool she was!
"I'm sorry... I'm not making much sense am I..." She mumbled after a moment.. wondering if she even should have apologized.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:58 pm
Kita's first reaction is confusion as he watches her seem to have a little struggle within her own mind, and sits quietly until she speaks up again. A small laugh escapes and he merely shakes his head a bit.
"No, it's alright. I can't sew it back together perfectly, and if it fails, well. Now you'll have two smaller ones. It's not really a problem." He reaches for one half of the handkerchief and his needle to tie a knot in the thread and pierce the fabric as close to the edge as he can get without fraying it. "You don't have to be so self-conscious, no one really judges anybody harshly here unless they're a bully. But then it's only to make someone react, and they usually get caught and have a bunch of chores to do, so it's alright to let yourself loosen up a little."
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:11 am
Resolving herself to an uneasy silence, she unwound herself a little with his kind words, but still retained a hint of uncertainty in her posture. Given Kita's appearance, she privately wondered if he hadn't come across those 'bullies' on his own, and marveled again at his calm. Of course she had nothing to substantiate such a thought, but she found herself trusting his assurances as if he did have personal experiences to back it up.
"Only to react hmm?" She said, more as a quiet observation to herself then anything else. Shaking her head gently, she picked up her meatroll and took a dainty bite to chew while she watched him work thoughtfully. She had to admit that watching him sew was fascinating, and she couldn't help the obvious question to follow. " Are there different types of stitching? Like there are weaving patterns?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:29 am
Kita doesn't interrupt her silence, reaching instead for the other half of the handkerchief to start carefully seaming it back together again slowly. It wouldn't do to have the threads bunch up because he wasn't minding what he was doing now.
He pauses just a moment in passing the needle up through the bottom of the cloth. "Yes, there's actually a lot of different kind of stitching. Embroidery is a name for some of the really fancy work, my master does a lot of it and it's always fascinating to watch. Simple designs stitched in, I've always just called fancy seams because he hasn't told me any name for them yet. But there's also more than one way to just sew something normally. This way's the simplest, but it's pretty strong for a seam, then there's one that you double back on what you already did in a box rather than an x shape, or make a single segment of thread going the same direction along the seams." Seems he got a little caught up in talking that he just had to keep trailing on and giving each stitch its own small description.
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