Tag: snip for length

forgemaiar:
Curiosity is the project. To elaborate you and I can perceive miniscule imperfections such as the slag content in a bar of steel, but for a more… elven apprentice, the naked eye alone isn’t quite enough.

*opens the box and begins unpacking a crude microscope*
I wondered what would happen if she could see carbon nanotubes on her own, but first I need to see if the magnification is strong enough.

He tilts his head, eyes sparking at the hint of intrigue. 

“…An elf apprentice, you say? How interesting. Finding elves of a smithing persuasion these days is a rare thing. Do I know her?”

While he speaks he sets about with a compass and a glass cutter, turning a sheet of clear glass into circles small enough to fit inside Mitsanár’s palm. 

“I myself have a weakness for teaching… Whoever your student is, I’m sure they will benefit greatly from your experiment. At the very least, it will be a pleasure for you; I know first hand that it is one of the keenest joys to watch the Eruhini discover what is beyond their physical sight– like the matrix of cementite and carbon fibers in this steel, or the formation of oxide crystals.”