This is the long forgotten light at the end of the world
Seren stumbled over her own feet and nearly fell on her face at the admission. Red in the face at her own clumsiness but also deeply shocked, the girl hurried to catch up with Sah and stared at him with poorly masked incredulity. "You... don't know what a pancake is? That's... that's horrible. It's a crime, it's neglect. The moment I get a chance, I'm making you one, I promise." She nearly got tears in her eyes, so deeply upsetting was this. "Imagine the most perfect blend of savory and sweet. Imagine bread married to cake, with butter and syrup on top. Imagine adding bacon, or berries, or anything you can imagine. For breakfast, or lunch, or dinner. Or why not all three. It can be dessert too. It is the ultimate food, Sah. Pancakes might even be the only foodstuff worth making." Or maybe she just thought that because it was the only thing she did not automatically burn.
Returning to their table with an armful of paper, wire, paint and glitter and glue, scissors and something to write and draw on, Seren made herself comfortable. First off, she drew a diagram for Sah, so he could see what they would be using and why.
"So, you can make your lantern in pretty much any way you want. The main point is that it should hold a candle, or some other light source. I made a wired one last time; for that you twist these wires into a shape you like, and a loop here at the top so you can insert the candle on a holder, and then you glue thin paper around it to catch the light. And that paper can be painted if you want, or cut shapes into - it's all about imagination."
With quick, deft hands Seren twisted a length of wire into a simple spiral, secured it at the top and bottom, and demonstrated how to glue paper around the circumpherence. Summoning a flutter of butterflies that gleamed softly of starlight, she ushered them into the center of the sphere; a shimmering full moon of a lantern lit up between her hands, and she held it out for Sah to inspect.
"You can make it as easy or as complicated as you like," she assured him with a warm smile.
Returning to their table with an armful of paper, wire, paint and glitter and glue, scissors and something to write and draw on, Seren made herself comfortable. First off, she drew a diagram for Sah, so he could see what they would be using and why.
"So, you can make your lantern in pretty much any way you want. The main point is that it should hold a candle, or some other light source. I made a wired one last time; for that you twist these wires into a shape you like, and a loop here at the top so you can insert the candle on a holder, and then you glue thin paper around it to catch the light. And that paper can be painted if you want, or cut shapes into - it's all about imagination."
With quick, deft hands Seren twisted a length of wire into a simple spiral, secured it at the top and bottom, and demonstrated how to glue paper around the circumpherence. Summoning a flutter of butterflies that gleamed softly of starlight, she ushered them into the center of the sphere; a shimmering full moon of a lantern lit up between her hands, and she held it out for Sah to inspect.
"You can make it as easy or as complicated as you like," she assured him with a warm smile.
Seren
