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Blacksmith
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As a blacksmith uses heat to temper steel, so should a trial by fire strengthen one’s mettle.
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Beside the other two Wayland appeared clumsy, his shoulders almost too broad for the rest of his body, while he moved as clumsily as a bear too, tripping over things, knocking them down; except only when he was at work - and then his clumsiness like a bear’s was also elegance; then each of his movements meshed in with the next, each of his muscles co-ordinated, the whole of him was focused to one end, like a sword towards the man it is killing. That end was perfection
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― The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales
― The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales
