#woodworker!techno

Child: *gives SBI a Big Sad face*

Techno: *stares.*

Child: *blinks*

Techno: *nod*

3/4 SBI: *carries on*

(A week later)

Techno:*gives child a fully functional mini-carriage, a pat on the head, and a nod before carrying on*

Tommy: Tech... Techno... Big Man... Why?

Techno: He looked sad.

Philza: *proud dadza noises.*

Wilbur: *squinted* Who are you and where is Techno?

Much like receiving a Techno Carving, really.

The famed King of Hardcore didn't hand out his work lightly, not that there were many people in his life. Sure, he met a lot of people, but that was almost always either for business or battle.

Gifting a drawing meant the recipient meant enough to Phil that he thought of them while drawing. These weren't building plans or quick sketches done by restless hands, no, these were carefully planned and executed. Hours, sometimes days, went into these pieces. They were labors of love and spoke of devotion and care.

Being gifted a Philza Drawing meant you had earned his love.

Beung gifted a Techno Carving meant you'd earned his trust.

Being gifted both meant you'd been adopted and there was no escape.

Conversely, finding Tommy Embroidery on your clothes or handkerchief was common. Tommy gave his love and care freely and without fear. (Of course, this was a double edged sword, but Tommy was a Big Man. He could handle the pain.)

TECHNO didn't know what to expect when he got invited to Phil's cabin to 'meet the feral gremlin Wil brought home!' but it wasn't a foul mouthed, wingless, mini-Phil.

A foul mouthed, wingless, mini-Phil that took one look at him and decided 'yep, this one is my favorite now' then procedded to climb all over him.

Oddly, Techno didn't feel the need to punt this aptly named feral gremlin.

The next time he visited Phil's cabin, he foisted the gremlin onto his horse - who took his appointment as babysitter with amazingly good grace - and slipped into the kid's room. It was a mess, unsurprisingly, but there, above the bed, was a Techno Carving Shelf. Phil had requested a whole tree's worth of these shelves some time back and while Techno had been confused, he'd delivered.

That man knew him too well. And was Sentimental, but that was deside the point.

Techno emptied a small gaze of raccoons onto the shelf and was back outside to catch Tommy before he hit the ground, his warhorse just a *little* too big for the boy.