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Date Posted: 21:55:49 08/05/02 Mon
Author: | Roman |
Subject: | Shape |

| Soot-smudged, sweat curling down his wrinkled brow, he takes to the furnace, corded sinews pumping resistant bellows. The artificial lungs belch tepid breaths into the receptive flames, tizzying them to a fury of hells flames, snapping, crackling in gleeful protest. Bare-chested, the smithy, satisfied with the intense heat, grabs a length of steel, created earlier in the week. Plunged into the inferno, the steel gradually crimsons, till it seems to drip golden flames. Quickly, the smithy yanks the molten color from the furnace, and slams it on the receptive anvil. BANG! BANG! BANG! The hammer deals it's punishment to the metal, shaping it into the needed U of a horseshoe. He reheats the metal once more, to refine the shape and texture of the shoe. Finally, he takes his chisel, and pounds the five nail holes through the steel. SHHHHHHHHH... cries the metal as it plunges into icy water. Only dead grey minerals emerge from the water, hooked on the tong. This procedure the blacksmith repeats three times, for Knights shoes. Wearied from his efforts, he sends the fire to embers, and exits his shop. |

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