A GIFT OF RESILIENCE @flashflames
"If a sword comes at you like this," Wanning said, demonstrating with her right hand. "You can block like so." She turned and the metal band around her left wrist met her hand blade. "The material used to craft this bracelet is stronger than most - there are few blades in the nation that would be able to run it through with a single strike. With good coordination, you could fend off quite a few attacks like this...and then." She pushed down on the bracelet discreetly with her thumb, activating a mechanism that made a sharp dagger shoot out from the side of the plain-looking band.
"The blade is thin but incredibly sharp." She cautioned, showing Keran how to return the dagger inside the bracelet before handing her the gift. "For you, my dear friend." Wanning smiled. "I did make an additional one for Lady Aera as you asked, but...I would be ashamed to present her with something so...unsightly."
Wanning was right to feel embarrassed. House Yue was known for crafting and honing weapons. As useful as her gift was, it was truly one of the most hideous creations to ever come out of a Yue's hands. The metal was dull, slightly crooked, and in a grey color that would remind one of a rock on a rainy day. "Perhaps we could...paint this red and...decorate it with lace?" She offered and then laughed at the silliness of her own suggestion. No amount of effort could ever make this fashionable.
"Do you like it, Keran?" She asked eventually, eyes soft. "I hope you will never have to use it, but just in case."














