“
Purple I can do.” Ishani immediately set about adding purple pigment to the growing pile of supplies.
Glancing at Hilal’s design, she determined that it would require only a ring of isinglass around the edge of the round shield. Ishani had some experience from working in the forge at the Sith Academy on Korriban, where
Arcturus Dinn
had helped her make her Force-imbued blade, among other things. Creating isinglass was less labor-intensive than that had been, and the design itself didn’t even call for that much isinglass to begin with. “
Do you want the glass around the edge to be sharp enough to cut through things, or blunted?”
Regardless of Hilal’s answer, she started to mix together the sand, ash, and lime on the work table. This part of the process was exceedingly simple—a child could do it. Once everything was properly sifted into a fine dust, Ishani held her hands, palms facing downwards, over the mixture. The dust began to rise, forming a floating circle like the rings of space debris that are found around certain planets.
Closing her eyes, she poured energy into it, superheating the dust until it changed and melted together. The molten glass looked like sun-kissed honey, held together in a ring by her skilled manipulation of the Force. She carefully added the powdered pigment and fired it again, staining the glass purple. When she was satisfied, she set it aside to cool.
The whole process was tiring. Ishani sank into a nearby chair to rest, feeling drained. But at least the work was done. "
Now you just have to wait for it to cool and harden, then you can take it to your own workshop and install it in the rest of the shield."
Hilal Vizsla
