“Well, I guess wouldn’t know, I’m no Servitor nor Archon, but Ether’s supposed to have everything any Eliksni would need to be healthy. But there’s no harm in trying out other things… I guess anyone would get tired of Ether after it’s all they’ve had their entire life. I-” they puff, trying to figure out how to articulate what they’re wanting to say. “What I mean is Eliksni might be able to have human food, but it won’t do much to boost their health like Ether will. The dependency on Ether is sad, but no alternative has worked out so far.”
They drum one set of claws against their thigh, the claws tapping against their greaves lightly. They watch curiously as Devrim goes about putting the kettle on, carefully keeping track of what he does. If they wind up liking this tea, maybe they could make it at home to see what their adoptive siblings think of it.
When he pulls up the datapad they cock their head to one side slightly, making their curiosity evident. This guy had actually put thought into armor for Eliksni, come up with designs. Vipeks hasn’t ever met a human so invested in helping the Eliksni, but… it’s a nice change all the same. If they could, they would smile. Unfortunately, Eliksni facial structure doesn’t allow for an actual smile, only the baring of needle-sharp teeth and a squint of the eyes.
“It looks fine to me, I’ll be honest. The biggest comfort issue I can see might be the secondary arms, see,” they pause to gesture to their own gear “Eliksni often wear half-plates instead of full plates because of our secondary arms. It makes putting a full plate on a little challenging unless we can put it on like a human would put on a jacket. Even that’s a little awkward, with how our secondary arms are set closer to our spine than the primary set.”
The drumming of their claws stops, and they lean in a little to get a better look. “I’m not saying full plate isn’t possible, just a challenge to make functional and comfortable. If you could…” Another thoughtful pause. “If you could extend the holes for primary arms to the back, and then add a piece to clip into place between the sets of arms once the armor’s on, that would work out well. Comfortable and easy to wear. Does that make sense? I can try drawing it out if what I said doesn’t make sense, but…I’m definitely no artist.”
“Ah, I see what you mean- I should have gotten a snap of Ma’ab from behind then. Hm- Well I can certainly connect something between the arms. You’ll need protection from behind. I can imagine a good shot would render your secondary arms useless.” Devrim muttered, taking the pad with a nod and activating the hard-light pen to add to his sketches.
“It’s nice to have someone give me some pointers, to be honest.” he smiled up at the titan. They seemed just as pleased as he did. Devrim relaxed a bit, before being startled by his kettle whistling.
“Oh, let me just-” the chair scrapped across the dirty floor as he abandoned it for his water. While messing about with his kettle, to get the tea in to steep, he prattled on. “Another way to attach a full plate- would be to have it clip into your belt, and secure it a little higher up the waist, under your secondary arms. We’d have to see how practical that actually is though…”
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