For #LineByLineTime : Creation
“What are you making?” Gerald twisted his head as he tried to make sense of what he was looking at.
Hannah laid fur over the leather and picked up an awl they used for making and mending harnesses for the dragons. “It’s a pouch to hold Bestia on my back. Since she can’t walk or fly, she can get around with me. It’s like the baby bags mothers use for little ones while they work. I just have to remember to leave a hole for her tail and two for her wings.” She grunted as she tried to drive the tool through both layers. “Gosh, this is tough material! Give me a hand here!”
Gerald had never sewn anything in his life and had not been taught to mend a harness yet, much less make it. When he said so, Hannah waved away his objections. “Just drive this through where I show you. You have bigger muscles than I do. I’ll thread the leather strip through. Go, start there!” She tapped her finger on the material and stared at him.
Gerald wasn’t sure if he felt flattered she thought him strong, or at least stronger than her, or annoyed at how she always bossed him around. He sighed and punched the needle through both layers. He grinned slightly as the little girl cheered and showed him where to put the next hole.
When they were finished, his hand and arm were sore and tired, but he could now see what Hannah had been describing. A backpack with straps lay before them. He helped Hannah fit it before they added straps across the front to secure it. “Bestia!” Hannah yelled, racing toward the hatchery. “We did it! I can carry you around now!” Gerald sighed again and ran after her, realizing he would have to place the little dragonette in the pack.