"Of course, yes!" Eilonwy answers. "I've been working on handcrafts, mostly. My fingers are sore from all of the practice, but I'm getting better at some aspects of it." Her wrists will have to stop protesting eventually, but Eilonwy knows enough stretching exercises to hold off the worst of it. "I think I could start a knit square in my sleep by now." She nods at the last question, answering promptly.
"I did, thank you for asking. Likewise, how did you handle it?"
"Yeah, fine." Not entirely true, but he doesn't want to go into the details. There's happier things to think of, now. It's just good to know that she's all right.
"I see. Erwin's mother used to knit." Levi's never done much handcrafting. He can sew and mend things pretty well - a necessity in the Corps, honestly - but he's not tried anything like knitting. It sounds like she'd have to do a lot of it to make her hands sore.
...although...could this healing power help with that? He's never tried it that way.
"He mentioned that the first time we spoke, actually!" Eilonwy nods. "I'm glad it wasn't as much of a hardship on both of us."
She looks to her hands thoughtfully for a moment as she answers. "I've been working steadily for--" Eilonwy does some fast counting. "At minimum two hours per day, after I've finished housekeeping. It's more my wrists, because of how I have to hold my hands and the yarn. I'm sure if I get more experience with it, the pain will ease off." Eilonwy looks back up and gives a half smile and a shrug. "It's no different than getting used to doing anything else new, truly."
He frowns. "Do something enough and you can still fuck something up." There's building muscle and then there's overworking it, especially when it comes to your hands.
The kettle is slowly building to a boil.
"I took the blue potion. Could see if it helps with your wrists, if you want."
"Yes, I'm aware." A similar idea had been metaphorically drummed into her head when she began sword training and tailor work. But the ideas aren't wrong at all. Eilonwy sighs, recognizing she's pushing past common sense.
"I'd appreciate that, thank you." Eilonwy will hold out her hands, wrists up.
Sometimes you need someone else to tell you to stop being stubborn. Levi has plenty of experience with people who don't realize they're pushing themselves too far.
"Not sure if it'll help..." he's not tried it with this sort of thing, but it doesn't stop him from wanting to offer, anyway.
His hands probably aren't much larger than hers, gently cupping one palm on top and the other underneath one wrist. After a second a soft, blue glow lights between his hands, and a dull ache echoes in one of his own wrists. It's not too bad, but still, he's glad he can do something about it.
After about half a minute, he does the same to the other, feeling the same ache. The glow fades, and his hands float back to his sides.
It's true, Eilonwy remembers some of the lectures she received.
Eilonwy watches as the light comes and goes, eyes widening a bit. "Oh." She turns her hands over a few times and looks at them in surprise. "That's much better, thank you. Your magic is different from mine- I can heal cuts and scrapes, but nothing with muscle pain."
"Huh." He shrugs a bit. "Wonder why that is." (It's because the mun just makes stuff up as she goes-)
"Glad it helps." And he is, really. It's nice to do even small things like this. Levi's never considered doing anything like being a doctor, for many reasons. But something like this is less...messy.
He goes back to carefully unpacking the box - it's nicely done, and the tea already has a pleasant aroma even before steeping. The water is at a near boil, so he pulls out two mugs and two strainers and two little dishes for the strainers to rest in after. He measures a teaspoon or so of the tea into each strainer and casts a glance to Eilonwy.
"This good, or do you usually do more?" Herbals don't tend to be as strong as black, but he wants to check in with her opinion anyway.
"I don't know myself. I simply thought it had to do with the garden."
Eilonwy nods and watches as he prepares the cups. "No, that's my usual amount. It doesn't need much with the types used. The first few tries were very overpowering. They'd probably make very good teas over ice, but not for resting."
Levi makes a grunt of assent, puts the rest of the paraphernalia away and carefully repacks her box, setting it on the shelf with his growing collection. The kettle just starts to whistle - perfect timing - and he takes it off the stove to carefully pour the hot water slowly into each cup, sure to cover the tea in each strainer.
"Aurora mentioned the plants come in at different times. I was thinking it was the same for the potions."
Eilonwy answers simply. It makes enough sense in her mind. She watches as he adds the water and smiles. "I hope you like it-- it isn't as strong as what I remember, but it did help me relax before bed."
"Huh. Maybe that's it." It's definitely the mun just making shit up.
There's a small clock nearby. It's not a timer, just a regular clock, and Levi makes a note of when the water went in. He loosely folds his arms, leaning back against the counter as he looks at Eilonwy curiously. Did she know that he had trouble sleeping, or was it just a guess? Maybe Erwin told her? Either way, he has his doubts that it'll help put him to sleep, but it didn't help to have something to help wind down with, and Erwin certainly didn't need to be drinking anything with caffeine at night.
"As long as you used good ingredients, it'll be fine." His time for being forced to consume shitty tea is long over.
Eilonwy notes the look and smiles. "With everything that happened with Winter Full-- sorry, with October, I figured it was needed. I think the ingredients are good enough, the shop owners were more excited than I was that they had cherry tea available." She giggles and nods.
"Yes, but I've settled in as much as I think that I can. I've been decorating and keeping house so that's helped it feel more comfortable than it did earlier in the year."
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"I did, thank you for asking. Likewise, how did you handle it?"
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"I see. Erwin's mother used to knit." Levi's never done much handcrafting. He can sew and mend things pretty well - a necessity in the Corps, honestly - but he's not tried anything like knitting. It sounds like she'd have to do a lot of it to make her hands sore.
...although...could this healing power help with that? He's never tried it that way.
"Your hands are sore?"
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She looks to her hands thoughtfully for a moment as she answers. "I've been working steadily for--" Eilonwy does some fast counting. "At minimum two hours per day, after I've finished housekeeping. It's more my wrists, because of how I have to hold my hands and the yarn. I'm sure if I get more experience with it, the pain will ease off." Eilonwy looks back up and gives a half smile and a shrug. "It's no different than getting used to doing anything else new, truly."
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The kettle is slowly building to a boil.
"I took the blue potion. Could see if it helps with your wrists, if you want."
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"I'd appreciate that, thank you." Eilonwy will hold out her hands, wrists up.
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"Not sure if it'll help..." he's not tried it with this sort of thing, but it doesn't stop him from wanting to offer, anyway.
His hands probably aren't much larger than hers, gently cupping one palm on top and the other underneath one wrist. After a second a soft, blue glow lights between his hands, and a dull ache echoes in one of his own wrists. It's not too bad, but still, he's glad he can do something about it.
After about half a minute, he does the same to the other, feeling the same ache. The glow fades, and his hands float back to his sides.
"How's that?"
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Eilonwy watches as the light comes and goes, eyes widening a bit. "Oh." She turns her hands over a few times and looks at them in surprise. "That's much better, thank you. Your magic is different from mine- I can heal cuts and scrapes, but nothing with muscle pain."
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"Glad it helps." And he is, really. It's nice to do even small things like this. Levi's never considered doing anything like being a doctor, for many reasons. But something like this is less...messy.
He goes back to carefully unpacking the box - it's nicely done, and the tea already has a pleasant aroma even before steeping. The water is at a near boil, so he pulls out two mugs and two strainers and two little dishes for the strainers to rest in after. He measures a teaspoon or so of the tea into each strainer and casts a glance to Eilonwy.
"This good, or do you usually do more?" Herbals don't tend to be as strong as black, but he wants to check in with her opinion anyway.
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Eilonwy nods and watches as he prepares the cups. "No, that's my usual amount. It doesn't need much with the types used. The first few tries were very overpowering. They'd probably make very good teas over ice, but not for resting."
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Levi makes a grunt of assent, puts the rest of the paraphernalia away and carefully repacks her box, setting it on the shelf with his growing collection. The kettle just starts to whistle - perfect timing - and he takes it off the stove to carefully pour the hot water slowly into each cup, sure to cover the tea in each strainer.
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Eilonwy answers simply. It makes enough sense in her mind. She watches as he adds the water and smiles. "I hope you like it-- it isn't as strong as what I remember, but it did help me relax before bed."
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There's a small clock nearby. It's not a timer, just a regular clock, and Levi makes a note of when the water went in. He loosely folds his arms, leaning back against the counter as he looks at Eilonwy curiously. Did she know that he had trouble sleeping, or was it just a guess? Maybe Erwin told her? Either way, he has his doubts that it'll help put him to sleep, but it didn't help to have something to help wind down with, and Erwin certainly didn't need to be drinking anything with caffeine at night.
"As long as you used good ingredients, it'll be fine." His time for being forced to consume shitty tea is long over.
"You still live by yourself?"
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Eilonwy notes the look and smiles. "With everything that happened with Winter Full-- sorry, with October, I figured it was needed. I think the ingredients are good enough, the shop owners were more excited than I was that they had cherry tea available." She giggles and nods.
"Yes, but I've settled in as much as I think that I can. I've been decorating and keeping house so that's helped it feel more comfortable than it did earlier in the year."