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After the day that he had spent with Keahi that had started with building a wall and had ended in far more pleasurable and enjoyable activities, he had made a habit of seeking out the sea fearing woman and had quickly developed a friendship or partnership of sorts with her. It was certainly the closest he had been to any wolf in quite some time and he was glad that their varied paths somehow brought the two unlikely pack wolves together here in Armada. In his spare time, even though he didn't have much of it these days now that the market was in full swing, he had been working on something for her in secret. If there was one thing he loved more than physical pleasure it was using his talents and skills to spoil the wolves he took interest in and cared about.

She already had a reinforced coat of polar bear fur, but he hadn't noticed her carrying any kind of weapons so that was where he decided to focus so he would at least be giving her something she could make use of. She didn't really seem like the type that would like something like jewelry that was purely cosmetic in nature which was something he appreciated about her so he wanted to give her something she could use more regularly. He stained a piece of the finest leather he had available to him so that it was very nearly the same color as her dark russet fur and he pressed and embossed the shapes of waves crashing into he shore across its surface, leaving some lighter variations in the leather along the edges of the waves to help them stand out a bit. He wanted it a similar color to her fur so that when he was done it wouldn't be glaringly obvious when worn, but he liked the subtle beauty in the details for someone like her.

When the leather was finished he cut it into the shape of a scabbard for a dagger, one he already had in his collection, but that he customized to fit Keahi. He replaced the leather on the grip to the same shade of leather as the scabbard and in the top of the blade just past the guard he embedded sapphires that reminded him of her eyes. When the dagger was stowed away the gems were hidden, but when it was unsheathed the light lightly gleamed off of the facetted stone. All in all it took him a couple of weeks of working on the project off and on to finish it, but he wasn't in a hurry. He wanted everything done right for Keahi. After attaching a pair of straps that would buckle around her upper foreleg, it was ready and he could hardly wait to give it to her to see her reaction.

He had specifically picked a patrol route today that would let him make the path with Keahi and when they returned to the Col he lead her over to the area in front of his den and workshop under the guise that he wanted her to help him with some training. He was actually trying to better his fighting skills just to continue being more useful to the pack, but that wasn't entirely his motivation today. Just as they squared off across from each other, ready to spar, he stopped and looked at her like he just remembered something and grinned, saying, "Wait! It looks like you're missing something." He turned and trotted into his den, pulling the dagger and custom made scabbard out of his things to carry it out for her. He offered it to her, his tail wagging gently behind him. "For you," he insisted, eagerly waiting for her reaction.

WC: 631 / 1500

"Ruga Amanto"