Sharpen the Steel II

Since the day that Art and Fern had given the pups a fighting lesson that involved swords, the hodgepodge colored girl had doggedly pestered her mother any and every question she think of about the weapons. Callie is eager to learn the art of the sword and already has decided to dedicate her life to pestering her mom until she teaches her. Finally, when Fern had answered all her questions three times over, the haggard woman had turned to Artorias and asked that he show her daughter the basics of swordplay.

Callie paces Hearthstone’s halls, waiting for the call that her mother promised would come for her. Excitement wars with nervousness in her stomach until it causes the girl a painful tummy ache but still, she waits as time seems to stretch on forever. Finally, the call arrives and Callie races to answer it, speeding into the dojo and nearly bowls a training dummy over as she skids to a stop near her uncle. Mismatched eyes look up at Art and a huge smile rests on her lips, the girl’s tail wags happily behind her while she presents herself to her uncle. Cheerfully, the girl says, “Hi uncle Art! I’m here and ready to learn!”

Of course, he can see that she is here since she is, in fact, standing right in front of him but, Callie is so eager to learn from her sword master uncle, that she decides he needs to know just how much to learn. Enthusiastically, she looks up at Artorias, ready to learn how to wield a sword.


"Caladia Carpathius"