To craft it solely from wood leaves it on a path to decay. I know Dragonwood is an extremely strong type but it does in time decay to the elements." He reaches up to thump a fist to his chest. "This is specially tempered Eltalite, a kind of ore found in volcanoes inhabited by extremely dangerous creatures and mixed with the blood of a Crimson Fatalis. It's hard to obtain but well worth it in the end." He sighs reaching to his right arm undoing some hidden latches at the elbow of the armor. Removing the gauntlet he'd walk over to Sakura holding it out to her. Though if she looked she would notice an odd gleam from the newly revealed hand, it was covered in what looked like the same metal! "Eltalite can be a pain to work with but in the end worth it. When most of my skin was burnt away by acids from an Ash Lao Shan Lung I had to make a compromise. Either find something to cover the raw muscles or go without and possibly lose the arm." He blinks out the sudden petals almost by reflex jumping back. Seems his nerves were tense because the hunter would jump back a good five feet before he walked back with a sigh. "Sorry.. Still paranoid and thats another augment to my armor. Springs to allow further jumping and to lessen impact. Setting it correctly though... These greaves were a month long project. My point is though, with your strength you want something reliable that could last you a lifetime. If you went with the wooden design it would be good for a while then you would have to remake it and replace all the internal workings, again, and again. The herbal mixture to preserve the organ would work though." his eyes seem to shift back to her belly then back to her overall.<br/><br/>Zephyr blinks a bit surprised and fascinated at the change and how easily Sakura went between the wooden  armor to the spongey coat. Well.. That's interesting, I thought that was part of you didn't think it could be detached and switched out.." He shrugs lightly sitting down near Sakura but if she looked closely his eyes kept moving to different areas of the cave and to the entrance. For a seasoned hunter he seemed a bit nervous over a lot of things.