THREE YEARS

“Sorry to disappoint, but I’m not the best person to admire.”

“ Is that you or the self-deprecation talking?  ”

        even though she already believed that he was an EXPERT builder she inspected his hands anyway, taking them in her own, running a finger along the callous edges, it was a sure contrast to those of her own.

          ‘  you sure do work hard. That is a very good quality to have, it shows your resilience. ’

He smiled, glad to see that she understood his profession;; not only was he excellent at his job but he had passion for it. It was nice to be acknowledged now and again. “ Thanks. ” He paused, not feeling like he had to be as gruff now that there was some level of understanding between the two. “ Um, and what do you do? Your hands aren’t as rough as mine.” 

for a second type of starter call;; like this for a reversed starter, and I’ll reply to one of your open starters once I get back to school!

like this for a starter and I’ll make one for you once I get back to school!

“I don’t want your pity.”

@builderkeeper //  ❤’d

@lcstgraces

        “ What about admiration? ”

    “ So, you in  l o v e  with       Tommy boy yet? ”                “ ♫ ——Whole Glade seems to think so. ”

    “Answer a question for me,        I’ve always been  c u r i o u s  about this.           Is the food better in Abnegation, or Dauntless ? ”

    ‘  really ???…. well lemme see your hands then. I bet you’ve had tons of blisters and stuff. ’ 

      ‘  you’re a worker ? what kind of work do you do ??? ’

“ I’m a Builder actually. And a good one too. I make all sorts of construction work get done, making lives better for me and my people. ”

           Luis knew that it was probably hard to believe, even if he was still standing            there in the flesh, his left arm in a crude sling that tied around the back of            his neck. They’d lost a few good Builders to bad falls or mishaps before            and well….Luis, while hard working, was known for slacking off sometimes            when he thought no one was watching. So, he just nods to Gally’s words. 

           “I don’t blame you. I’m sure Clint’ll tell you. Although….I don’t recall            anyone actually coming in to visit me. I mean, I saw a lot of the Slicers            coming in with some pretty nasty cuts, but no one just popping in.            I don’t think I’m actually the most popular guy around here, after all!”            he says with a small laugh. He had a tendency to talk and talk and talk,            which in turn could get a poor guy labeled annoying. It didn’t bother him            too much, though. He had made a few friends here and that was all he            needed! “I’m surprised that you didn’t notice that I was gone, though.            You normally keep a good track of us all.”  

         He folded his arms, looking down. “ Of course I noticed. ”          Gally wasn’t the type of person to be completely oblivious          on matters such as people missing. He related a lot to Alby          and Newt like that, always noticing when they lost people.          The builder just didn’t make comments as often as others          did. He was quiet, thinking for a minute. Suddenly, scared          that he wouldn’t be taken as seriously as he always was          he spoke up, being as loud and gruff as ever,  “ I thought          you were slacking off! And I was going to give you a stern          talk when you got back, shank. ” Half of that was just bluster.          Gally had considered the possibility. That didn’t mean he          had to stop everything to search. Right?

          “That being said,” Luis starts as he goes ahead into the Builder’s Hut, getting           some of the tools that he was going to need for the day’s job. “I keep getting           the feeling that we’re on the bottom of the priority list when it comes           down to asking for the things we need each month. I mean– Frypan           gets his silly wax paper every single time but heaven forbid that we           ever need a box of nails or some new hammers.” Building was very           important to Luis– it was his life, honestly. He’d been doing it for the past           two years from just after breakfast until it was time to call it quits. 

     Gally smirked at the side of his mouth, not saying anything immediately.       Instead just listening first, a thing he didn’t do too often. But Luis was       right, there was no denying it. The captain didn’t know if they, the Maze       Makers, were intentionally denying building equipment before now, just       to see what would happen if they didn’t happen? To be honest, the more       that he thought about it, the more Gally thought it would be quite possible       that idea was the correct one. “ We’ve struggled without things before, we’d       do it again if we had to. ” He knew that was the case when he became the first       builder. They really had had nothing before Gally got there. And even after that,       it had taken forever for even just a little bit of material to show up. No matter       how hard he asked and he asked, they never delivered. They had started       giving him material that he felt was equivalent to clunk, and it was only after       it was a dire need to build more locations with all of the greenies showing       up that they started delivering fine quality materials. “ Now that we do have       tools though, I’m thinking about remaking the Gathering area? Possibly       making a better firepit, one that is more easily contained. ”

       - - ♔  “ Well no. None, actually. Lucky—-         What on earth do you keep in all those pockets? ”

“ Buttons, Tools. Paper. Important stuff. I’m a worker, gotta help myself out. ”