Part 714: Owain A

Cavalier armor. Medium weight class. Combines significant defense with impressive mobility.

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This one's an archer's jerkin. It boasts unrivaled ease of motion but lacks any real stopping power.

Do you really need to narrate?

It's important to keep the characteristics of the equipment in mind while working on it.

I suppose I should be happy you're not just goofing around. Still, it would help if you kept your thoughts inside your head.

Words are important. Our armor and weapons are partners in this war. Granting them a voice elevates them from hunks of iron to something more. It breathes into them a soul, transforming mere tools into implements of divine will!

..... (disappears)

Take this breatplate. I hear it whisper to me... "I am the Argent Lion Mail," it says. "Behold my regal, silvery form! Behold!" Kjelle, are you beholding?

Kjelle? ...Hey, where'd you go?! She just... disappeared... That's... kind of amazing.

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Gah! What dark sorcery is this?! A lone knight's armor moves of its own accord! Be at peace, ghostly visitor!

It just never ends with you, does it?

Voices from beyond the grave! Begone, foul wraith!

It's me, you babbling buffoon! And if you say, "A ghost ate Kjelle," I'm going to stab you in the eye.

Kjelle? What are you doing in there? Is that suit... comfortable? It hides you completely.

I'm trying to block out the noise.

Am I... that much of a bother?

...Also, this was the suit of armor I wore in my first battle. I put it back on from time to time. It... calms me.

Oh. Well, I guess I can respect that. But in that case, it deserves a name!

No! No names. And even if it were to be named, it would be by anyone but you!

Hey! ...Wh-why not?

Because I said so! Now get sorting!

Yes, ma'am...