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[atoothpick]

[making some adjustments to his leg.]

Comments

[lowetohigh]

[How exactly does one adjust one's leg.

Inquiring minds.]

[atoothpick]

[He has a prosthetic leg made of metal.]

[lowetohigh]

[It's probably rude to comment. It's probably not something to point out.

...maybe if she disguises it as manners.] All right, then?

[atoothpick]

Oh yeah, just needed to fix up the spring. I'm trying a different tension in it.

[lowetohigh]

A spring? Have you got-- mechanics in there? [For lack of anything like the proper word.]

[atoothpick]

It's just a spring, nothing more complicated than that.

[notonmyspace]

I could help you fix that....looks like something might be loose there.

[atoothpick]

Thanks, but the spring just needs a bit more tension. It's got too much spring sometimes, you know?

[lowetohigh]

Does it make the knee bit bend?

[asgardswarrior]

Have you tried hitting it with a hammer?

[laura_kent]

Do you need help?

[atoothpick]

Thanks but I've got it. Kind of a thing you've got to do by feel.

[atoothpick]

I don't want to break it.

[atoothpick]

Oh my knee is flesh and bone. It's most of my lower calf and my whole foot is gone.

[notonmyspace]

*Tony frowns at it*

You need something to slow it down.

[atoothpick]

I'd use a thicker spring but I have to keep the weight down or my buddy won't fly so well.

[laura_kent]

A prosthetic? Looks very... unique.

[atoothpick]

I designed it myself. Well, I improved on a friend's design but it's mostly my own.

[laura_kent]

You did? Wow.

[asgardswarrior]

Tap it lightly, lad. Nobody is asking you to swing the hammer like the mighty mjolnir.

[lowetohigh]

So what's the spring do?

[atoothpick]

It absorbs the weight and makes my step more normal.

[atoothpick]

Do I look like the God Thor to you? I'd never manage a swing that hard.

[atoothpick]

I'm a blacksmith, it's not that hard.

[laura_kent]

I'm Laura.

I would be interested to learn about how you made it work.