When her hands get close to the blade he very nearly stops her, but he sees that she's wise enough not to make contact even though the unseen spark of its dark energies may well still be tempting at that short distance.
Emily's introduction takes him by surprise and he doesn't quite get to answering Hephaestia's questions before he extends his hand for a shake. Firm, but not too aggressive, and with a little smile to soften it. Tia gets a slightly harder version of the same shake. Something tells him she's a strong shaker of hands.
"It's nice to meet the both of you," he says with a respectful incline of his head. "My name's Harrowheart." His smile lingers a moment on Emily so that she doesn't feel forgotten when he returns his attention to Tia and her earlier questions.
"I don't think it was the same smith, but it coulda been? My original runeblades were created before we chose each other. These were remade by a forgemaster in Acherus, the Ebon Hold, the hall of my knight order. I'm not sure it's the smith who enchants it so much as the runeforge, which I think has a connection to the Shadowlands – a part of the afterlife – by the souls that flow through it." He laughs in quiet self-consciousness and with a shrug of one shoulder admits, "I don't know as much about it as I oughta. I swing the blades, I don't make 'em. But... You do?" And then he looks to Emily again and asks, "And what is it you do?"
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Date: 2017-06-20 02:50 pm (UTC)Emily's introduction takes him by surprise and he doesn't quite get to answering Hephaestia's questions before he extends his hand for a shake. Firm, but not too aggressive, and with a little smile to soften it. Tia gets a slightly harder version of the same shake. Something tells him she's a strong shaker of hands.
"It's nice to meet the both of you," he says with a respectful incline of his head. "My name's Harrowheart." His smile lingers a moment on Emily so that she doesn't feel forgotten when he returns his attention to Tia and her earlier questions.
"I don't think it was the same smith, but it coulda been? My original runeblades were created before we chose each other. These were remade by a forgemaster in Acherus, the Ebon Hold, the hall of my knight order. I'm not sure it's the smith who enchants it so much as the runeforge, which I think has a connection to the Shadowlands – a part of the afterlife – by the souls that flow through it." He laughs in quiet self-consciousness and with a shrug of one shoulder admits, "I don't know as much about it as I oughta. I swing the blades, I don't make 'em. But... You do?" And then he looks to Emily again and asks, "And what is it you do?"