He just snorted and rolled his eyes, refusing to give Sah the satisfaction of seeing even a glimmer of how impressed he was. "So, nothin' new then, is what I'm hearin'." He tossed the teasing over his shoulder as he glopped and spread and patted the clay down in his section.
Tal was a courier with talents in woodworking and some experience in basic construction. He was not a... a clayworker. For this project, functional was his goal. And since that was pretty much the definition of passable, he felt pretty good about his part of the undertaking. Maybe not proud of it, but there was a saying in pretty much every civilized language:
Good enough for government work.
But then a spatter of thick, sludgy clay bits showered over him and spattered across his most recently-smoothed area and he spluttered and shot the hunter a scowl with some real feeling behind it. "Oh, come on, Jester! Stop dickin' around an' tryin' t'show off an' get some dirt under your nails." He stomped up out of the basin and tossed the hunter his shovel before grabbing a screed board instead. Heading back down, he used the broad, flat wooden board to smooth over the thick droplets that dotted his previous hard work - hopefully doing a better job of smoothing and flattening the clay while he was at it.
Tal grumps at Sah and uses a screed board to flatten and smooth the clay that got screwed up from the clay gobs.
Tal was a courier with talents in woodworking and some experience in basic construction. He was not a... a clayworker. For this project, functional was his goal. And since that was pretty much the definition of passable, he felt pretty good about his part of the undertaking. Maybe not proud of it, but there was a saying in pretty much every civilized language:
Good enough for government work.
But then a spatter of thick, sludgy clay bits showered over him and spattered across his most recently-smoothed area and he spluttered and shot the hunter a scowl with some real feeling behind it. "Oh, come on, Jester! Stop dickin' around an' tryin' t'show off an' get some dirt under your nails." He stomped up out of the basin and tossed the hunter his shovel before grabbing a screed board instead. Heading back down, he used the broad, flat wooden board to smooth over the thick droplets that dotted his previous hard work - hopefully doing a better job of smoothing and flattening the clay while he was at it.
Tal grumps at Sah and uses a screed board to flatten and smooth the clay that got screwed up from the clay gobs.
