The Scythe

"Today is the very first day when I looked at the idea of crafting… and considered it a chore."

If anyone were to ask me just weeks… no, days ago, this would be the sentence I would put my hands on the line never to utter. 

And then, just a few days later, the reality proved to be a lot more bothersome and a lot less interesting than my amateur eyes allowed me to see it. 

Crafting was fun. There was no hint of doubt about that in my soul. But for me to reach any of the actually interesting parts of the crafting, I had to patiently go through the drag of preparing everything with great focus, patience, and peace of heart. 

I mean, I did it. 

After three hours of playing around with molds, casts, and liquid metal, I managed to complete the first half of the body of my scythe's blade. And the very next thing I did…