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[leggymaru]

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[leggymaru]

That's okay, Kagachi-san. I'll tell them, so... we'll keep you in mind if anything happens to ourselves. If you hear of anyone else who may be able to repair weapons... swords, please let me know.

[preceptive]

Try asking Dick? He seems familiar with weaponry, although I don't know if swords are his thing.

[leggymaru]

Ah. I will ask him, too, then. It isn't imperative, but... we wanted to be sure.

[preceptive]

I get it. Same reason why humans want first aid kits around.

[leggymaru]

You mean the human repair kits from the store? Yes... I suppose like that.

[preceptive]

Isn't "human repair" more unwieldy to say than "first aid"?

[leggymaru]

Mm, you're right. Excuse us; we aren't use to needing such a kit, so elder brother and i have been referring to it as such.

[preceptive]

... Just for future reference, while people should understand what you mean, humans don't usually call it "repairing" themselves.

[leggymaru]

[He blinks, but looks?? apologetic??]

What do you say...? "Fix"?

[preceptive]

[he shakes his head.]

Heal. Patch up.

[leggymaru]

Heal. [Repeating it will help make it feel more natural to say.] "Patch up"?

Humans are so strange...

[preceptive]

For something like the first aid kit, you'd probably say you're patching up someone's wounds. Healing is usually done through incense or something like that.

I think the idea with "patching up" is that with humans, dealing with wounds often involves placing something over them. Or, sometimes, actually threading wounds back closed.

[leggymaru]

Oh... We do that to our human bodies as well. If we sustain injuries in battle, we sometimes sew them, or cover them with bandages.

[They, uh, still call it repairing, though, because they're dumb swords.]

[preceptive]

There you go. Maybe that makes it easier to say.

[leggymaru]

Mm... Patching up... [He nods some.] It will be hard not to call it repairing, but... I'll try.

Thank you, Kagachi-san.

[preceptive]

Not really worth thanking me for, but sure.

[leggymaru]

It's polite to thank others for their help...? Does it offend you, Kagachi-san?

[preceptive]

It doesn't offend me, but I don't do what I do because I want thanks, either.

[leggymaru]

Neither do I. But I like to offer it if I'm helped.