- Watching her brother work in the shop. He's fulfilling an order for gears and parts for the railroad, but when he's done that he switches over to automata, and he's truly skilled. As it's a personal project, he lets Moxie (only around 10) help, showing her how some of the parts come together and how to measure and cut the pieces.
(She learns to read schematics and numbers this way, even if she's otherwise illiterate.)
Her brother is making a rabbit. It's not quite done, yet.
When the representatives from the railroad come the next morning, they are rude and disdainful, telling her brother that he should be honoured to contribute to His Majesty's railroad, and begrudgingly noting the work as "well done" –– at least, for a savage.
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(She learns to read schematics and numbers this way, even if she's otherwise illiterate.)
Her brother is making a rabbit. It's not quite done, yet.
When the representatives from the railroad come the next morning, they are rude and disdainful, telling her brother that he should be honoured to contribute to His Majesty's railroad, and begrudgingly noting the work as "well done" –– at least, for a savage.