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Originally Posted by Cassirin  Maddie was so self-sufficient and independent, and after Mo watched her for a few long moments, he decided that she didn't need anything from him but acclamation and praise. Later. In the meantime, he was making a paper mache mountain and cave. The cardboard made a roughed out shape, and the pasted-on paper made a textured skin over that. He made the layers thicker where the cardboard bent, and he rounded it at the bottom where their cave was located.
Not bad, really, although it would need a good deal of paint to make the mountain really pop out of the paste-and-paper structure. Mo turned the hot air charm against the wet paste as he admired Maddie's baby yeti.
"Yup. It might need little eyes if we can manage it, but it's awful cute. You've done this before, haven't you?" She was a pro. Having friends was weird.
Maddie didn't normally care much about what others thought about her and the work she did. She KNEW she was capable of great things and that was usually enough but for SOME strange reason, the first year wanted to impress Mo. She'd NEVER impressed her older brothers much and it felt nice to have someone around their age appreciate her for what she could do. So yeah, Mo's comment about her yeti made her smile pretty wide. She didn't bounce, though. She kept the bouncing at bay. "Thanks, Mo! I might have done a craft or two in my time." And the fact that he'd noticed was pretty cool. NOT that she was going to fangirl over it or anything. PSH. She was chill. Yeah.
"Do you paper mache a lot? You're pretty good at it. I didn't think boys crafted much."
Speaking of crafting, Maddie got started on the bigger yeti while she chatted with Mo. He'd need three big cotton balls 'cause yetis were big. He'd also need longer pipe cleaner arms. "You think you'll ever meet a yeti?" The first year was sure that if Mo did, he'd treat it with respect.
And Mo? He was right about the eyes. Surely she had googly eyes in her pile of craft stuff somewhere...
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