He tears his eyes away from their Nail to acknowledge their offering up the relic; Lemm draws closer to put in a proper examination, plucking it from them with steady hands. He turns it slowly, examining all angles of it with patience bred from a lifetime of appraisals. The type of item is common, but as with most of Lemm's claimed relics it's a show piece, why is it so hard to do this without talking -
- he can talk. He's not disallowed from talking. It's his shop.
"Show piece," he says out loud, and his thoughts click easily into place. "For sauces. Would've been set out on the table for guests, if the family wanted to give the right impression." He dips his thumb inside to press the claw-tip against a textured stamp in the ceramic, smoothed over by glaze, previously hard to make out amid the grime in the internal divot of a handle. "Crafter's mark there, three Hallownest towers. I've seen this before, but I've yet to learn the maker..."
Lemm clears his throat to cut himself off.
"Excellent job you did with it. All of it, actually."
He sets it carefully with the vase and the medal, and stares at the little collection of stuff for a moment. They won't want this, he shouldn't think. But they've worked for him. He should offer at least.
"We could," he falters, but only for a second, "have a look at your Nail, if you'd care to. I'm no smith to fix it for you, but -" Lemm gestures to the bowl by their side "- I've some more of that. Might come up cleaner at least."
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Date: 2023-01-18 03:31 pm (UTC)- he can talk. He's not disallowed from talking. It's his shop.
"Show piece," he says out loud, and his thoughts click easily into place. "For sauces. Would've been set out on the table for guests, if the family wanted to give the right impression." He dips his thumb inside to press the claw-tip against a textured stamp in the ceramic, smoothed over by glaze, previously hard to make out amid the grime in the internal divot of a handle. "Crafter's mark there, three Hallownest towers. I've seen this before, but I've yet to learn the maker..."
Lemm clears his throat to cut himself off.
"Excellent job you did with it. All of it, actually."
He sets it carefully with the vase and the medal, and stares at the little collection of stuff for a moment. They won't want this, he shouldn't think. But they've worked for him. He should offer at least.
"We could," he falters, but only for a second, "have a look at your Nail, if you'd care to. I'm no smith to fix it for you, but -" Lemm gestures to the bowl by their side "- I've some more of that. Might come up cleaner at least."