[Video]

[stitch_witch]

[As the video starts, Lark is clearly seated by a warm fire, the communicator pointed toward her, and her hands are busy with what is clearly a pair of knitting needles. She looks insanely comfortable doing this, even with the head of her dog in her lap, just barely on screen.]

Good afternoon all. I was hoping to request some assistance in assisting you. I'm trying to make mittens to help keep us warm when outside this winter. But I need hand sizes. Anyone who would like a pair is welcome to come visit me in the hotel so I can take measurements.

[Then she smiles, shaking her head. Chances were people might find that weird, but she moves on.]

Where I'm from, it's very common to work on projects like this in the winter, and it makes me feel at home to do such things. So I would like to do this, not only to pass the time, but to help you all keep your fingers warm and comfortable this winter.

Comments

[stitch_witch]

Oh no, it's not like ice cream. I don't know what a snow cone is though.

[crystalmaster]

Snow cones are like ... ice with fruit-flavored syrup.

[stitch_witch]

Oh that sounds delightful!

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, they're a big favorite back home in the summer!

[stitch_witch]

Really? How does one make them in the summer?

[crystalmaster]

We have appliances that keep things cold, so we're able to freeze the ice even when it's hot outside. Then it's broke into itty-bitty pieces and the syrup poured over it.

[stitch_witch]

Ah. We have magic for that, but we wouldn't make food so... ephemeral as that when we need the cold for storing things.

[crystalmaster]

True, it's not really practical if there's a space shortage.

[stitch_witch]

Yes, space shortages could be an issue from time to time, but we had deep cellars.

[crystalmaster]

That's cool. I'm really impressed by the space I've seen in some cellars.

[stitch_witch]

They need plenty of space to store food through the winter.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, I can imagine.

[Especially if they didn't have any modern tech, which he didn't think they did.]

So how many people are they storing for?

[stitch_witch]

[Oh there absolutely wasn't modern tech to be dealt with in her world.]

In the Temple? It varies. We want to make sure we can help if the local city is suffering shortages.

[crystalmaster]

Oh, those are the cellars you're talking about? Yeah, those must be really impressive. I've only seen cellars under individual people's homes.

[stitch_witch]

It serves well for the Temple to ensure it can provide for itself but also assist people. So yes, they are very impressive and expansive.

[crystalmaster]

I'd like to see something like that sometime.

[stitch_witch]

Alas, there is nothing like that which I can show you here.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah. Well, maybe someday, if we ever really get this place built up better.

[stitch_witch]

It would take us all really devoting ourselves to it.

[crystalmaster]

That's what we have to do, though, isn't it? Maybe we'll get sent home if we really manage to get things up and running.

[stitch_witch]

I am given to believe it is our purpose here. Though it seems many do not trust it.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah. We might just be here to be observed.

[Radley frowns.]

I hope not, though.

[stitch_witch]

Perhaps, though I don't think it's why the Agrii want us here. At least not that alone. I think they need to learn.

[crystalmaster]

They wanna figure out how to be human or something?

[Radley frowns.]

[stitch_witch]

They want to figure out how to live as a people.