Drabble Post - Innate (FMA)
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fandom_stocking entry, this one for evil_little_dog. It doesn't quite fit into the dragon!Royverse, but it's definitely inspired by my musings on how to fit Winry and her profession into that world.
Innate
The best automail smiths, it was said, had dragon blood. And, aware that there was ample proof of that old wisdom in the dragon-fed forges of Rush Valley, Winry Rockbell didn’t argue with it. She just added her own addendum.
The best automail smiths had dragon blood or they were a Rockbell.
Her grandmother was one of the best, after all. And, Winry meant to follow in her footsteps.
It wasn’t easy. Long, hot hours in the forge hammering glowing steel into the form desired. Even longer hours layering in the delicate weave of spells that would animate it to replace flesh and bone. And, for the purely human, magic didn’t flow easily.
No matter. Winry fed every trickle into her work as it came.
This much to insure a successful grafting. That to provide locomotion. And, for Ed, at least a dozen spells of durability and protection.
And, if her muscles ached and her inner reserves ran dry by the end of each job, it was still worth every drop of sweat and magic to see her patients as whole as she could make them.
Because whatever innate power Winry Rockbell lacked, she more than made up in willpower.
fandom_stocking entry, this one for evil_little_dog. It doesn't quite fit into the dragon!Royverse, but it's definitely inspired by my musings on how to fit Winry and her profession into that world.Innate
The best automail smiths, it was said, had dragon blood. And, aware that there was ample proof of that old wisdom in the dragon-fed forges of Rush Valley, Winry Rockbell didn’t argue with it. She just added her own addendum.
The best automail smiths had dragon blood or they were a Rockbell.
Her grandmother was one of the best, after all. And, Winry meant to follow in her footsteps.
It wasn’t easy. Long, hot hours in the forge hammering glowing steel into the form desired. Even longer hours layering in the delicate weave of spells that would animate it to replace flesh and bone. And, for the purely human, magic didn’t flow easily.
No matter. Winry fed every trickle into her work as it came.
This much to insure a successful grafting. That to provide locomotion. And, for Ed, at least a dozen spells of durability and protection.
And, if her muscles ached and her inner reserves ran dry by the end of each job, it was still worth every drop of sweat and magic to see her patients as whole as she could make them.
Because whatever innate power Winry Rockbell lacked, she more than made up in willpower.
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Date: 2017-01-27 05:16 am (UTC)(And of course, I'm now extremely curious about Rush Valley's "dragon-fed forges". *g*)
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Date: 2017-01-27 05:30 am (UTC)Yay! Not quite something I can use for the dragon!Royverse since I've been keeping actual magic out of that one, but it still let me play with ideas.
--(And of course, I'm now extremely curious about Rush Valley's "dragon-fed forges". *g*)--
That definitely spun off the thing I once wondered about dragon-powered trains. *ponders if that could have been a thing in the past of the dragon!Royverse... and maybe secretly still in the present*
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Date: 2017-01-27 05:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-27 02:25 pm (UTC)You know, now that you say that... If the king's degree did shut down dragon-fed furnaces in Rush Valley (or at least all of them that couldn't devise a way to hide), there would certainly be some defectors for Roy to collect ;)
--...since I'm not sure it wouldn't be beneath Roy to act as an ironworking furnace. *g*--
*laughs* Yeah, not exactly a fitting job for the leader of the Resistance.