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[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 ]

I'd get out one of the containers. I didn't have time to make a pin cushion.

[He checks the metal has evenly distributed before putting the mold into the water trough to cool.]

One of my tupperware boxes?

[ grabs one and pulls the lid off ]

Yes. You don't want to be carrying a bunch of needles in your pockets.

[He pulls out the mold once the metal is cooled and opening it and going to look over these needles. Quality Control is Important. Dropping the ones that pass into the container.]

Yeah, that doesn't sound like a good time! I just got this outfit back.

[ there's a bit of a wiggle in place as she valiantly restrains herself from bouncing ]

Thank you so much for this. Really! Next time you need help with something, let me know and I'll be there.

This place can be quite rough on clothes. It is best to take care where you can.

I most likely will. I'm going to be making Sparrow's kitchen and that means I'm going to be asking for labor from you guys during it.

Oh. When you finish Raph's mask, give it to me. It was heavily implied Leo was going to do so and I'm using that as a judging metric, but also I don't want Raph to get uncomfortable not having a mask, so I'm going to see what gives first.

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