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Though bead crafts were not his usual cup of tea, Sam was not hard to convince to come along. He was feeling pretty tired the last few days and the suggestion of an easy going activity instead of baseball or soccer seemed like a good one. He sat down next to Istas, getting cozy on the bench in front of a large pile of beads. Unlike a lot of girls his age, Sam wasn’t entirely sure of how to make any craft using beads. The boy wasn’t familiar with the kinds of crafts suggested. On a wheeled in blackboard were instructions for making different animal shapes, bracelets and necklaces. Some of the patterns were complicated, or what he thought were complicated.

Assuming that any pattern was basically the same , Sam shrugged “Dunno. Whatever I happen to make I guess? You?”

Bracelets? Stars and Moons? Bears? Sam looked around at what was available. Getting a bright idea, he scooped up a bunch of the bears, stars and moons and some regular but pretty beads. Picking through them he grabbed some in various shades of yellow and blue. Sam made two separate piles, one with yellow and powdery blues, and one pile with dark blues and white beads.

His gaze shifted to Istas and he smiled slightly, as if he was now up to something. “Bracelets sound like a plan. Must be easy.” Then he grabbed a few long lengths of brown craft twine. Feeling the various materials available, Sam made sure to pick up some string that was smooth and soft. Then he laid his twine down next to each pile of beads. Now all he had to do was get to work.

Favorite animal? "I guess I like lizards, their pretty cool. Scales and all. Sometimes when they lose a tail it grows back." For a second, Sam wondered if he would see any lizards out here around camp.

Having seperated his beads into two distinct piles, Sam wondered what he should make first. He set his string up, and attempted to start braiding and twisting the twine together, but it was not going very well. Shooting a kind of helpless look to Istas he murmured " Ummmmmm....."

Watching Istas intently, Sam studied how she moved the strands back and forth to create a twisting braid-like pattern. "Oh."

Taking over his strands, he set to work. His twists weren't nearly as neat and tidy has his friend's. The beginning of Sam's was a little peculiar. Some places were twisted ever tightly, others were somewhat loose. The end effect was that the bracelet had small patches that seemed to be smaller, or larger, than the rest. It was necessarily ugly, just not as uniform and straight as Sam might have liked. Shrugging it off though, he picked up a blue bear bead and strung it on. Moving along, he continued to add a few different beads until the result was a slightly funny looking bracelet with multicolored bears and star beads.

Sam looked down at the end product, a little frustrated. He shifted his gaze to see what Istas had made. "Mine's not as nice as yours." He smiled a bit meekly, but without saying much else took Istas's wrist and attached the bracelet to it. "At least it fits."

Looking down at his wrist, Sam wasn't really sure what to say. Nobody had made him jewelry before, and he didn't really wear any anyways. Still, he was pleasantly surprised that Istas had gone to the trouble of making something for him. "Thanks."

Sam smiled a bit wider, then gave Istas a gentle tap-punch on the shoulder with his adorned hand. "Guess we're buddies now, huh?"

"No, it's fine. I like it." That wasn't a total lie. Sam wasn't into wearing much jewelry, but he did like the bracelet. His friend had made it for him, so he was going to wear it, at least for today.

Ridley? Right, that girl he had kind of met a few times now. Orange haired, kind of loud. "She probably would... with kitties. I... want to make another one too. For someone."

Sam sat back down and this time was painstakingly trying not make his knots too ugly.