Gloves! Of course, that's a good idea. [Fortunately, Ethlyn has a pair in her purse, just in case the March weather takes a turn for the chilly. She gets them on immediately.] You should stand back--I don't have any experience with swords.
[Even as she says it, the words taste wrong. But she doesn't have time to think about that before her hand closes around the hilt--and maybe if they were leather gloves, impermeable, it would have worked. But they are just normal wool.
Instead of picking it up as gingerly as a big knife, she freezes, staring at the blade wide-eyed.]
no subject
[Even as she says it, the words taste wrong. But she doesn't have time to think about that before her hand closes around the hilt--and maybe if they were leather gloves, impermeable, it would have worked. But they are just normal wool.
Instead of picking it up as gingerly as a big knife, she freezes, staring at the blade wide-eyed.]