From: cantspell	Date: January 18th, 2011 05:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Ciaran gave a shrug. "Well if you stuck it back together you still wouldn't be able to use it. It fucks up your sound and the vibrations would make it break again. I've used magic before, but it still doesn't sound the same."

He smiled back a little at Colby. "Yeah. Weren't you stood near that girl who passed out when we were repotting mandrakes?"

	From: wantsthesky	Date: January 18th, 2011 11:53 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah, I think I get you. There are just some things you can't stick back together and expect to be like new."

Colby's grin widened as she laughed a little at the memory. "Yep, that was me! Surprised the hell outta me too, because I hadn't even been paying attention and then bam! Someone's falling on me."

	From: cantspell	Date: January 20th, 2011 01:16 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Probably because they're not new. Strings get played, they get worn, but they're still okay to use."

Or at least for a while, but why bother with that detail? Colby didn't know anything about guitars.

...what did she know about? She wasn't a cheerleader, was she?

"She should've had something over her ears. I mean, that's lower academy stuff. Nobody even thinks about touching them without making sure they can't hear anything."

	From: wantsthesky	Date: January 20th, 2011 05:37 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Makes sense. It's the same for wheels. They get the wear and tear, and then eventually you gotta replace 'em. 'Course, then you have to break those ones in and that's always annoying. Or an engine."

It was easier to relate it to something she actually had experience with in her mind.

"Well hopefully she wasn't a Sonnier, 'cause I think that'd just be sad then. But maybe her earmuffs just weren't on right, or they were busted somehow."