"So, this Ladder will have to do, but to make the chord, you will need it to be bendable enough to wrap without breaking. I want this Dome to be like a balloon when it pops."
"Like you?
....I know who you are, and I know what you are. Why not just drain the lakes? These Towers seem like a pretty small insignificant feat compared to your power."
"Do you know how many animals live in the Lake? Even if you drained the bath, everything would be dry. And...."
"I know. I know. You Mermaids need the water too."
"Less risk here."
"Do you ask for anything in return?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!!"
"What was that?"
"Do you not know how to handle a girl?"
"Ummm. I…."
"Give me that. Kids should never walk around with scissors."
"Elwin, I..."
"Their is nothing to be afraid of. Really. All you do is..
*Vurrraaaaaaarririririirirrrrrrr*
Make a cut here.
*Vurrraaaaaaarririririirirrrrrrr*
Make another there, split it down the middle; and then...pull.
Now that we have the strip, we take it over to the station, lay it out; and pound it flat."
"What about?"
"As you can see, this hand is trying to grow back into what it is, but since there is no body for it to reattach to; It turns into a piece of wood instead.
That's all she is. Flowers and wood."
"How can you tell which is which?"
"Easy. Meat, wood....soft...flesh."
"You mean. Softflesh...….flower?
But she only has so many."
"Small cuts, make small wood.
Here you go."
"Thank you."
"Form the outside of the dome with sticks, and then overlay with boards. No need to get flashy with paint and primer outside."
"Ummm."
"Chop, chop. We only have a day. We're leaving tomorrow.
Might help to take your 'Saw' back. I trust…..you won't run around with them and make me tell on you?"
"FOR THE LAST TIME, I told you girls to…"
*Boom*
"Freeze."
"Aaaaaaaaagggghhhhh"….*Kirrrrrrccccsshhaaaaaiiickkkkk*
"Scarlett, aren't you supposed to be outside?"
"I heard a scream. You're welcome.
….Hmmmmm. I can work with these."
"But they are so few."
"CARPENTER, you can stop."
*Vurrraaaaaaarririririirirrrrrrr*
"I said, 'YOU CAN STOP."
*Vurrraaaaaaarr…irrr…..irrrr....irrrrrsssssggg*
"What? What did I?"
"Has your mother never taught you what Prune means? It means to take the dead skin off, NOTHING more."
"Sorry."
"Now, hmmmmmmmm. All we do is take this wood. Put our hands on it, and then.....Pullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
...….There. Those pieces should be big enough to work with."
"I...….how did you….."
"Trees are only water, air, soil, and sun to grow. We have both, I just provided the last."
"I can work with these. Yeah.....give me two hours less and I could form a rough sketch, which you can then reinforce."
"Ruby wil just duplicate it to every Tower in the world."
"Then why hasn't she done it before?"
"...Uhhhh...….we don't have water towers in my Kingdom, so how can she create something she has never seen before?
This way, they will be easy, fast; and nothing else was used outside of Nature."
"I'm here. I'm here. I'm here."
"No one called you."
"I know.
Wooo…woooo. Ruby, lean on me. Are you ok?"
"Carpenter tried to kill her."
"Did not."
"I'm kidding."
"What can I do?"
"Look at the 'Station. See what he's doing? Give him a hand."
"Or…..speed it up. How long did you say you could make this?"
"Two hours, give or take. With help, I'd say one and a half; but you're all inexperienced so….."
"We might be, but you're not.
*Phurrrrr…..rooaaarrr....whoooaaaa...whooaaa.....whooooooooooo*
"Who needs AI when you got the wind? Fairies, you see what he's doing. Do it faster, and then carry the pieces out to me. Thank you."
"......Feels like I am not even needed anymore."