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[ touches down light and easy, a pillowcase of kitchen utensils safely in hand ]

Hi, Hamato-san.

[ but she otherwise keeps quiet, content to wait and peer with unabashed curiosity at both the extra bo staff and the forge ]

Hello.

[He still doesn't look up for a few moments before, before pulling out a piece of cardstock and putting it in the book to mark his place and setting it aside.]

[He gets up, picks up the extra staff that's not on his back and moves over to the forge.] The fire should be hot enough soon. I'll need to see if Raph got the deer tar, I would be able to make an airtight pump then.

[He holds the staff out to her as he holds a hand above the fire, humming thoughtfully.]

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Oh! [ despite her literally asking him to make this for her, there's legitimate surprise and delight as she sets down her bundle and takes the staff instead ] It's beautiful, thank you!

[ steps back to give it a few experimental twirls, testing the weight, balance, and feel of it in her hands ]

Of course its beautiful, nothing should be made ugly if its avoidable. [Even if its a simple Bo Staff in design, polished wood and purple wrappings, there can be care in simplicity.]

[Even if its magic. Welcome to a hard as hell to break staff, gotta hit it with some potent magic to get through that material.]

[But yes, its perfectly balanced and good weight for bonking.]

[He watches from the corner of his eyes and then grabs a pair of long tongs to pick up a ceramic bowl, moving over to the bundle to check for stainless steel material.]

[ flip, twirl, twirl — and then she slips seamlessly into a short series of bojutsu kata. she has been working so hard these past few years to Get Good at actually properly knowing her way around a staff in combat, and it shows. ]

Waaaaaah, it's perfect! [ twirl!! ]

[ inside the pillowcase is a whoooole bunch of stainless steel utensils, a couple of tupperware boxes, and ... a selection of kitchen knives, some with blue handles and some with yellow. ]

Help yourself to anything except those knives! Oh, and if you could leave one of the butterknives, too?

[He watches and nods to himself. Good, she has a foundational understanding.]

[Because never let someone just be Wrong around him about something he knows a lot about, he would Have To Fix.]

But of course. It is made for a master of the staff, after all.

Also, noted. [He is pulling out some of the silverware and putting it in the ceramic bowl and putting it into the fire to melt.]

[ nakamori aoko did NOT fuck around after deciding to learn how to fight. if she was going to do it all, it was going to be with diligence and conviction. ]

[ ... and, okay, with some shenanigans along the way. for flavour. ]

I hope I can do your hard work justice. [ hops back a couple more steps and takes a solid swing at an imaginary target. there's some serious force behind it, but there's precision and control too.

resets, switching to a left hand-dominant stance. she's weaker on this side — both in terms of sheer power and precision — but not egregiously so. ]

It's so cool that you made your own forge, too!

[...he doesn't know how to feel about that. Mystic powers feel like cheating almost? Is it still grand when it is just head to hand? It is family feelings?]

[The many conflicting emotions he has about mystic power.]

[But no such conflict about the forge!]

I am nothing, if not industrious. Also its nice to finally utilize water breathing. I could hardly do that in the polluted waters of New York, that would just be gross.

Water breathing? You mean, you can-?

[ After one final happy twirl of the mop, she... HUGS IT... and steps over to peer more closely at the forge itself, though she doesn't get too close to it. She knows Basic Forge Etiquette (THANKS RYE) ]

I'm a turtle, Korone-san. Who is going to make a mutant turtle and not keep in the aquatic abilities?

[Yes, good. Very good because Donnie ain't the best at enforcing safety policy, his brothers only learn if they get burnt anyway-]

As I know my world doesn't have any turtles that can breathe under water ... Some of them can hold their breath for a really, really long time though! Is it different where you're from?

I am very interested if that's true, or you simply don't know the turtle species who can.

Most do just hold their breathes a very long time, but some species are able to draw oxygen from the water.

There is a limit to it. Like if you get one hundred percent of air necessary on land with each breath, my water breathing is getting ninety percent of it underwater. Eventually I'm not getting enough oxygen to function underwater and need to surface for a full breath.

But I can stay underwater for a full two hours, no need to take a breath or anything.

Longer if I'm asleep.

[ as FAR as i know, wow, way to miss out a word ]

I only know what I've heard in classes, so I'll defer to the actual turtle! Wow. You learn something new every day.

I can't blame you for not wanting to do that kind of thing in a big city though.

Oh, definitely not, I have to take in water to my throat to draw oxygen from it.

I don't want to do that with any water in New York. I can swim in it, I'm not breathing it.

[ MAKES ... A FACE ]

Eughhhhhhhh.

[ shakes her head ]

At least this place has one thing in its favour: nice clean water to play in.

Exactly! Nice, pure, clean water. It cleans itself pretty quickly too.

Its pretty good practice.

Maybe we'll bump into each over there sometime! I've gotta practice swimming with these.

[ fluffs her wings ]

You never know when you'll take an unexpected dip, after all!

Unlikely. I usually swim to get away from people. As much as I do appreciate the ability to socialize normally, my social batteries do have a limit and the water is a great way to recharge.

[Also he can't swim as fast with his battleshell on and he Refuses To Be Without in front of strangers.]

Also I do a lot of swimming in the lake, and there are water monsters, you'd do better to practice in the pond.

Aww. Well, that's fair enough.

If I ever need alone time, I - [ ABRUPTLY TURNS INTO A PIGEON ]

Huh. That is becoming a surprisingly common practice.

You know other people who can do this kind of thing?

Yes.

[No, he will not elaborate and he looks into crucible.]

[ pops back to human ]

Huh... I wonder if they're - mm, no, probably not.

[Shrugs.] Their information to share.

[He grabs his staff and with a twirl, he makes a simple purple construct, a mold judging by the insides that can be seen. Putting the mold in a wooden brace to keep still as he grabs the tongs again and gonna pour in this metal.]

Oh, no, I wasn't trying to pry...

[ trails off with a soft OOOH, because this is fascinating ]

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