Father and Son talk - Teach me?

Thorn was happy with the second sword he made but, as he thought of showing it off to dad it was all the flaws he saw when looking at it.  He hadn’t figured out how to make it as sturdy without better tools than what he’d had available.  Fern had helped him make a hole in the stick where he’d requested it, so that helped a bit.  Ironically Thorn wanted a knife or dagger to make a wooden sword to prove he could use a real weapon.  Maybe he should of used more vine or maybe some type of sticky substance to connect his ‘crossguard’ to his ‘blade’.  Oh well.  He could always make a third but today he wanted to show off what he had managed.

Making his way into the dojo he placed his sword down in front of him.  One larger fatter stick, with a thinner shorter one that slid through a hole in the first stick.  Vines were looped around the two sticks to try and keep the crossguard in place.  He had used a stone to shed some of the bark along the edges, aiming to actually make it thinner like a real sword.  It wasn’t perfect of course, stone and wood left jagged or splintered edges at points, but still, it was progress.

Thorn tried for his most formal howl calling his father to the dojo  This was an important talk after all!  Thorn wanted to learn how to use a real sword and maybe dad would give him a real sword, or at least a real wooden sword that was smaller than the ones meant for adult wolves.

"Thorn Carpathius"