Upon hearing the ever-familiar jingle from the bell which signifies that someone has entered her shop, Lena looks up from the book she was reading, a smile on her face as she greets her potential customer. She was somewhat surprised when she saw that her customer was a Rito; certainly nothing against them, but of the various races, they were definitely among the ones she saw the least. Not that she was going to turn down her business, of course. That said, before she could get a word in, the Rito woman quickly started talking, going on to explain why she was here. Quick and to the point; Lena liked that in a customer. Returning the smile, Lena nodded "Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. Just hand them to me and I'll take a look at 'em." She says in a friendly tone. It was always nice to have a friendly face come into her shop for once; too many times has she had to deal with some pompous and entitled jerk making a ton of unreasonable demands.

Presuming that Letia complies with her simple request, she takes out the tools one by one, quietly and carefully analyzing each and every one. "Hm...these are pretty good quality...a lot of wear and tear, though..." She muses to herself as she continues to assess what exactly needs to be done. After a few more moments, she smiles and nods. "Yeah...I should be able to patch them up without much trouble. It won't be a permanent fix, I'm afraid, but you should at least be able to get a few more months out of them before needing to completely replace them. And even then, making new ones shouldn't be too difficult." She explains, keeping things as simple as she can. "Either way, it shouldn't take me more than a couple hours." It's in that moment that she notices the sword at Letia's hilt "...say, is that sword a Rito design? I've always wanted to see their work up close...if you don't mind indulging me for a moment, can I take a look at it? I won't do anything to it. Promise."

Hand them, then... simple enough. A hammer, a few other tools that had been somewhat custom-made for her from back home... a number of years ago. Each and every one well-used and had seen better days, but certainly not misused. It had simply, well... not terribly occurred to her to do all that much maintenance on them 'til quite recently, especially with how much that work of hers had sped up or increased.

"Mm..." Letia hummed lightly in thought at the response. A few months... certainly wouldn't be terrible. It would, she hoped, be time enough to finalize many of her current projects. But that, alone, wouldn't account for projects in the future. Unless she just simply had to get them maintained more regularly, which she probably should have done in the first place.

"Mm? Ah, yes! It's... not something many of the folks back home use -- bows and all, so they can stay safer in the air; you know, I'm sure -- but it's something that has... suited me quite well," she replied, pausing momentarily to grumble slightly when she tried to fumble with the little latch that kept the sword attached to her toolbelt along with everything else. Something she gave up on after a moment or two with a slight huff, to simply remove the belt itself, sheathed sword and all, to set down on the nearest spot she could find. A sword with a somewhat lengthened hilt on its own -- all the better for the Rito's wider grip -- but rather thin and light for the blade itself, if still rather durable. "It's something a friend -- well, friend and teacher -- had made for me a while ago, since I, well, wasn't really... any good with bows. Well, but that aside! Feel free to look as much as you want; even if it's thin, the blade's quite good for slashing as well as piercing. As long as I can watch the work around here?" she suggested.

Lena Clarke

Lena nodded quietly as she spoke about the sword and how it was a gift from a friend and mentor. She could tell it was something personal to her, so, naturally, she would be as careful as she handled the weapon to examine it. The first thing she noticed was the somewhat elongated hilt, though it didn't take her long to figure that out; she'd be sure to keep this in mind. She didn't get any Rito customers, but it might not hurt to, if nothing else, pre-make some custom hilts that would be suited for a Rito to hold. It might even attract more Rito customers.

She was also caught off guard by how light the blade was, yet it was still quite sharp and looked fairly durable. Perhaps it was some sort of alloy? Or maybe it was a metal commonly found on the islands in the Sky Province. Or perhaps the high altitude affects the forging in some way. She had all kinds of guesses, and you could see the light in her eye as her interest was piqued. This was definitely something she would have to look into; not just for the potential to draw in Rito customers, but she had a feeling this could help improve the quality of the weapons she was already making.

Either way, she nodded to Letia's request to watch her work "Yeah, that's not a problem. All I ask is you stay behind the counter. Nothing personal...just don't want any interference; unintentional or otherwise. After that, she out on her heat-resistant gloves and immediately got to work repairing the tools. While she worked, she struck up a bit of small talk "So...if you don't mind my asking, what is it you do? It's pretty obvious that these tools have been well-used, so...as a craftsman myself, it's hard not to be a bit curious."