Chapter 94: How Do You Tell Someone You Like Them?
Rust was busy putting an edge on a short sword with dedicated focus when his auntie walked in later that morning. The fox broke his concentration to look up at Stahl and frowned the slightest bit before he spoke.
"Sorry I didn’t come to the meeting... We heard right after the captain returned early this morning, and the chief asked us to prepare some extra weapons, so we’ve sort of been busy... I can guess why you’re here, though, and you don’t have to tell me, I don’t want to be anywhere near those things. I’ll stay hidden."
Stahl smiled at her nephew, impressed by how level-headed he was being considering the impending attack, not to mention the devotion to helping any way he could. The she-wolf walked a bit closer to the fox before she answered him with a grin.
"I’m glad to hear it... But... I actually came to help."
The fox gave his auntie a skeptical look and a short pause before he finally answered her.
"Uh... Thanks... But have you ever even worked in a forge?"
Stahl wasn’t sure if her nephew was being a little shit because he was nervous or if it was a genuine question. She raised an eyebrow, opting to answer like it was the latter.
"...It’s been a while, but yeah, I know what I’m doing. Seems like you’ve got plenty of touchups to do, need a hand? Or would it be too embarrassing to work with a rusty old wolf like me?"
Stahl finished by pointing to a bundle of weapons awaiting some love, some with visible dings and chips to be smoothed away. Rust looked at their workload once more with a grimace and turned back to Tan.
The orc stopped tending to his own stack of something small and pointed for just a moment to grunt out his approval.