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Who: Malak
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: On the planet.
When: 3/25

[ The shot shows a rich cloth, with a handful of weapons carefully arranged on it. Swords, knives, daggers: their basic designs are simple, but there is elegance to it, and elaboration in inlaid tracings along the blades, in the handles. ]

I've, ah. I've been hard at work, since we came here. I suppose it was nice to find something familiar.

It seems a shame to leave these behind, or to take them all for myself. I'm not a warrior.

Are there those in the fleet who would like any?

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[ She laughs at that. ]

Even when I've ventured down here to this place, all the venison and strawberries available could not sate my appetite for your famous spinach-flavored protein cube casseroles.

[ She refrains from saying that she also missed his company. ]

Ah, but they're cooked with love.

[ Not really. He'd imagined, once in a while, that he was cooking for his girls. The rest of the time the meals were mostly cooked with the desperate search for actual flavor. ]

[ Truthful or not, she still thinks his ship-cooked food is actually good, considering what they have to work with. ]

My point exactly!

Do you want one of these?

[ Honestly? Yes. Goodness, yes, but she doesn't want to be greedy, so she tempers her enthusiasm as best she can, stammering only the smallest bit. ]

Oh— well, I... They are quite lovely... That is, I would be honored to call something you forged with your own hands mine... I insist of course on paying you, though... if no one else is in greater need.

You don't have to pay. You can owe me a favor.

[ She's a bit surprised by that answer. ]

Really? I'd be happy to do any favors for you, regardless of whether or not you've given me something in return. Are you sure though?

That's how I feel.

I don't need the money, Cecil

Well... if that's what you want, all right. I owe you a favor then.

Good.

Because one of these I made for you.

Oh—

[ She's caught off guard by the admission, but in hindsight, she should have realized this is where it was heading all along. Still, it means a lot to her that he thought about her enough to create something specifically for her and she smiles, her cheeks turning pink. ]

I'm honored. Thank you, Malak.

I guessed on the measurement of your hand, but I think it's close to perfect.

I'll bring it to the ship when I return.

[ Oh, there's something a little subtly intimate about him having to actively consider the proportions of her body and it definitely makes her feel shy suddenly, but she keeps the thoughts to herself. ]

I like to forward to it. Unless you'd prefer I come down and get it.

No, I'll be coming back soon.

It's a little bit eerie being down here, actually.

Because of the familiarity or... the dragon?

All of the pretending.

I didn't worry about the dragon - just because none of this seems real.

Mm, I understand. That's why I've mostly stayed aboard the ship. 'Don't want to get attached to anything either, like real food and actual beds...

The forge was... tempting. Very tempting.

[ A small laugh. ]

Well, at least you made good use of it while you had access to it.

Yes. Everything seemed to go a lot faster here, too. All the projects.

You mean the time? Because you were busy so much?

I mean, materials were always right there, I didn't have to wait and seek anything out, there was always someone around to assist... It was all too easy.

I'll be glad to be back.

Ahhh... The "tourist attraction" element to it all... The immediate gratification was probably to make it more entertaining for such people.

I'll be glad when you are too.

I haven't had nearly enough time to try out the new kitchen.

We do have a lot more organic ingredients to work with...

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