Bernadetta & Leonie B / houses.fedatamine.com

Bernadetta, Leonie enter the scene

Um, here. I patched up the clothes you gave me.

Hey, thanks! You've helped me a lot lately. I feel like I should be doing this stuff myself.

But ever since you patched up my sleeve, I've been really interested in your craft.

Craft? You mean my embroidery?

Yeah. When I saw what you were doing, I thought, "What the heck is that?"

But it turned out to be a nice touch, once I was actually wearing it. Practical too.

When you're embroidering, you patch up the torn parts with new cloth, right?

And that strengthens it, so the same part won't break as easily next time.

Uh, I'm glad you like it.

At first, I felt like you thought it was stupid.

I was worried you secretly hated me or something.

It made me pretty scared to show you my stitching.

Haha, sorry. I should have told you I liked it.

Thanks, Bernadetta. I'm glad I asked for your help.

Oh, um. It's nothing.

What'd you make this time? A hornet, huh? You do like the scary critters, don't you?

It zips out from the trees and strikes—just like you!

I sting like a hornet, do I? Actually, I like that.

You know, you ought to be more confident.

Um. What?

You're good enough at sewing that you could make a living out of it. You should take pride in that.

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Oh, no-no-no-no. I could never do that. Trust me, I'm completely useless.

Your skills would be really useful to the war effort too. We're always needing equipment mended.

Useful? Oh, no-no-no. I'm completely useless, even more so on the battlefield.

That's not true at all. You've been a great help!

Maybe I'm a better fighter, but I've got nowhere near the same skill at sewing.

We can help each other. Isn't that what friends do?

Friends? We're friends?

Hey, come on! I know you're not the most confident, but this is getting silly.

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Of course we're friends. I completely trust you.

Of course we're friends. I completely trust you.

Heh-heh! Leonie?

Yeah?

Get your clothes torn up as much as you want! I'll always be here to patch them right up!

Right—for sure. But I wasn't just talking about embroidery, you know.

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