Grumbled curses in language that he absolutely learned from his mother spat out of the courier at regular intervals as his bricks fell and shattered until he was left glaring at his section of reinforced wall. It didn't all have to be redone, at least, but enough of it needed fixing that it might as well have.
Boreal helpfully brought one fresh brick over in her mouth and set it at his feet before sitting down and crooning up at him hopefully. The courier sighed and scrubbed her head, setting the brick in place with a pat before heading back to the staging area to fill his Bag with another load of bricks. Carrying a pail of cement with him, he headed back to try again. Slow, steady, and this time with couple of empty burlap sacks laid down in front of where he was working to cushion any further fallen bricks.
His one consolation was that something had clearly gone wrong with Evie's side of things, too, so at least he wasn't the only lost cause on brick duty.
Hmph.
Tal gets more bricks and tries again, this time using some folded burlap sacks as cushions in case he drops any more bricks.
Boreal helpfully brought one fresh brick over in her mouth and set it at his feet before sitting down and crooning up at him hopefully. The courier sighed and scrubbed her head, setting the brick in place with a pat before heading back to the staging area to fill his Bag with another load of bricks. Carrying a pail of cement with him, he headed back to try again. Slow, steady, and this time with couple of empty burlap sacks laid down in front of where he was working to cushion any further fallen bricks.
His one consolation was that something had clearly gone wrong with Evie's side of things, too, so at least he wasn't the only lost cause on brick duty.
Hmph.
Tal gets more bricks and tries again, this time using some folded burlap sacks as cushions in case he drops any more bricks.
