26.Feb.13, 03:06 PM
At first, his ears heard a deep snarling menace of a tone demanding to know what he was doing, why, and why he was messing it all up. It was all he could do to look up towards the sound, as fast as his neck could manage. There, he saw a rugged looking man with a chiseled face and hints of facial hair that wouldn't fully emerge until night time. He realized he was staring and looked away quickly. He also realized that the tone had not been that icy at all, but merely his anxiety over his state had exaggerated the words in his ears.
"Yes harpermaster. I mean, no harpermaster. Er-", he shook his head negatively and nodded positively, and then reversed the actions, and finally look up a second time. "I finished the harp, harpermaster.", he finally made some semblance of coherence.
He stopped what he was doing and gathered the harp in his arms, rose, and attempted to plunk the thing into the stranger's chest. "Whew", he breathed a sigh of strain as he did so.
"Don't forget to check your payment in, later.", he murmured. Somehow, as he took a step backwards to retreat back to his crafter hidey-hole of a hall, the motion caused him to loose his balance, and he fell backwards on his rear end. He gathered his strength to rise to a standing position, his cheeks blushing with his shattered pride and feelings of inadequate masculinity.
"Yes harpermaster. I mean, no harpermaster. Er-", he shook his head negatively and nodded positively, and then reversed the actions, and finally look up a second time. "I finished the harp, harpermaster.", he finally made some semblance of coherence.
He stopped what he was doing and gathered the harp in his arms, rose, and attempted to plunk the thing into the stranger's chest. "Whew", he breathed a sigh of strain as he did so.
"Don't forget to check your payment in, later.", he murmured. Somehow, as he took a step backwards to retreat back to his crafter hidey-hole of a hall, the motion caused him to loose his balance, and he fell backwards on his rear end. He gathered his strength to rise to a standing position, his cheeks blushing with his shattered pride and feelings of inadequate masculinity.