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It has never done anything wrong. In fact, none of the air in the patch has, even when it has been in other patches. It's so innocent.
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"They might," says Sable, "decide to dump all the shoe beads in a big box. And then that will be four colours of beads all mixed up. But if you go ask now, maybe your mother will think of a better way to organize your bead collection."
"Like what?" asks Rithka.
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"Well, if I could think of one myself, then I would. But your mother probably knows more about your options than I do."
Rithka sighs long-sufferingly. "You won't do beads in the shoes?"
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"I am not going to put beads in anybody's shoes without the permission of the people whose shoes they are."
Rithka sighs and carries the shoes back into the house. She's gone for a while.
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Sable admires the lovely beads and puts away the dye crafting station. And picks a few escaped beads off the ground and tidies them up and drops them in the (now rather depleted) big box.
Rithka comes back with a large sorter made of rock that sort of resembles the plate Rhysel made for the muffins.
"Mallyn took me to Aunt Rhysel's and she made it."
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"Your Aunt Rhysel is really nice," says Sable.
She starts transferring beads to the sorter, from the most dubious containers first.
She starts transferring beads to the sorter, from the most dubious containers first.
"She is," agrees Rithka.
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The Camlenn family will now have the use of their soup bowls again. And that vase and that flowerpot and that jar and those mugs.
The sorter plus the little boxes have plenty of room for beads, but— "I think maybe I should make another batch if we want to do all the rest of the colours," says Sable. "There's hardly any left, even though there were so many to start. I just hope I can get them to all land in the big box this time."
The sorter plus the little boxes have plenty of room for beads, but— "I think maybe I should make another batch if we want to do all the rest of the colours," says Sable. "There's hardly any left, even though there were so many to start. I just hope I can get them to all land in the big box this time."
Rithka nods.
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Sable puts the big box on top of the small table and gets out her cube of glass and makes another load of beads appear.
So many beads. But at least they land neatly in the box and don't spill all over the ground this time.
Then she starts piling beads into the sorter's remaining compartments and dyeing them, in splits and gradients and the few remaining Weird Colours.
So many beads. But at least they land neatly in the box and don't spill all over the ground this time.
Then she starts piling beads into the sorter's remaining compartments and dyeing them, in splits and gradients and the few remaining Weird Colours.
Rithka is delighted with all of them.
Yes. Yes she is.
When the sorter is full of all of the kinds of beads, she tries to pick it up, finds it quite heavy, turns into an eight-foot-long lizard with wings and iron scales, picks it up without trouble, and then shifts again and goes back into the house.
When the sorter is full of all of the kinds of beads, she tries to pick it up, finds it quite heavy, turns into an eight-foot-long lizard with wings and iron scales, picks it up without trouble, and then shifts again and goes back into the house.
Dragons!
She comes out again and starts hauling variously appropriate bead containers away to be restored to their rightful locations.
She comes out again and starts hauling variously appropriate bead containers away to be restored to their rightful locations.
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Sable giggles.
She puts away all her things and cleans up the last few especially stealthy stray beads off the ground.
She puts away all her things and cleans up the last few especially stealthy stray beads off the ground.
And while dinner is on the stove, Gyre comes home, and Rithka immediately shows him the beads and the haphazard sewing in progress.
He is very impressed and wants to know where he can get some of these dyes for use in his workshop.
He is very impressed and wants to know where he can get some of these dyes for use in his workshop.
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"I'd have to go back to Terraria to get another full set to leave with you - I didn't pack spares of every single thing," says Sable. "But Rithka tried using them and it didn't work. I think you'd have to go to Terraria if you wanted to be able to dye things with them. And I don't know exactly what kind of going to Terraria would make you properly Terrarian enough to use the dyes."
This is disappointing! But he is pleased to hear that the dyes don't run out and plans to bring some things home to have dyed tomorrow if Sable doesn't mind.