[PQ] Session 2 take 2

Luka

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade

Luka smiles perfunctorily, tucking Edmund's name and face away before getting to work. He works better with actions than words, and now that he belongs to a Guild officially instead of completing work for general citizens in Halo, he has the new but not unpleasant urge to prove himself.

The door is not the best case for that given it snaps in half at first, but he manages to install the new one with little troubles. Testing the way it swings and latches extensively to ensure it's properly secure takes a little longer but is completely worthwhile in his opinion. Knowing Diana is keeping an eye on Soleil, he intentionally does not, not wanting her to feel like he's being overbearing. It doesn't mean he doesn't latch onto the brevity of her smile when they rejoin, relieved to hear her laughing even just a little. It settles the disjointed pieces in his own chest.

Revitalized now, Luka seeks out the next project. Not much of a painter, he takes up the wood pieces meant for the shelving and begins to measure and level where they will be installed, hoping for precision before he actually begins hammering things in. He starts with the library first, only moving on to the office if he succeeds in the first room.

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Luka builds shelves!

And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid