<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/06/Black13_%282%29.jpg)</div>Even  the simple act of laying her hand upon Coral’s shoulder raised a response. Coral turned to her as though the sun, leaning just a hair into the brush. “<strong>Of course I will help.</strong>” Of course, as though there were no other course imaginable. Coral lowered her raised hand in reticence as she stared into those eyes, wanting to stroke those lovely shadowed dimples.<br/><br/>Reviewing the mess of the four wagons, The rearmost was the easiest, she catalogued, a simple replaced hub, perhaps a shim to adjust tightness. The next one forward was actually still in good repair, though a few side panels were going to need replacing soon, perhaps shoring up if they could before traveling. The blood ape had made a mess of the bed in the next wagon she looked at, shattering the frame, though the spine and axles seemed intact, the foremost wagon had two shattered wheels, but the bed and frame of the wagon was fairly intact.<br/><br/>Having reviewed the necessities, she directed the available hands to unload the laden wagons that needed repair. Much of which had been done already to redistribute. They could take care of this with the loss of only one wagon probably. They may even have a spare wagon wheel when it was all said and done. Tossing wood too damaged for use to the inside of the trail against the cliff and sorting the remaining keepables. Even as she tossed something to the waste, she offered how it could be used for kindling, wedgings, shims, support or a thousand other minor uses. She quickly made the preparations for the repairwork in under two hours. The dismantling of the wagons ended with the rearmost already repaired and ready for reloading.<br/><br/>As she did so, she offered pointed discussion on procedure, her knowledge base coming from an understanding of the mechanics of a wagon, and general forge and woodworking skills, not actual experience of building a wagon. She knew a little about how to do much.<br/>