Another snapshot from the life of Lunaria Valeris, werewolf paladin, shortly after she gave up her ability to return to her former human body...

While in harmony with her bestial aspects and already having come to terms with losing her human form, the early years of Lunaria's adjustments to her new status quo were still quite troublesome. Though she usually had little need for clothes, her handpaws were initially quite clumsier than her human hands had been, and it took some time for her to adjust to the size and strength difference in her daily life.
Hearkening back to her youth, Lunaria found herself turning her crafting hobbies into a way to adjust to her new reality and regain that lost dexterity.

While not requiring a large amount of finesse, blacksmithing quickly became one of her favorite past-times, as simply beating the metal into shape gave her a outlet for her anger and frustration when things went poorly. Additionally, the rhythmic clanging reminded her of her days as a young girl, helping her papa at the forge.

While she lacked protective equipment properly sized for her lupine form, she managed to improvise a solution with the same stubbornness that got her this far. Her old blacksmithing apron barely fit, thankfully, but lacking a large enough glove, she found simply wrapping her hand with leather strips would allow her to hold the metal in place. While she could easily heal from any burns with her own supernatural recovery, hot metal still hurt, after all!

Art is by Murazaki!