Let's Build Stuff

Morendo seemed a bit more interested after his father informed him of what they were making. Once Chi set to work digging the outline, his son followed suit, mimicking his actions and digging the base for the opposite side. Once they had the outline and the center cleared away, the next thing to do was to begin building.

A dog came forward towards each of them, holding large dishes of mortar. Making sure that Morendo was watching, Chimera lay out a line of bricks, using a thin piece of slate to scrape up mortar which he then placed between the bricks. "Try to make sure that they're as even and straight as possible." The pair worked together creating three long lengths of brick and leaving the fourth edge open. Again and again Chimera placed brick and mortar, stopping only once or twice just to wet his dry mouth. He didn't have to correct Morendo, noting the way that the boy worked. He was proud of that.

"Chimera Klein"