It seemed like Vargas and Totum were resting.

Good.

She didn't want credit. She didn't want criticism. She didn't want small-talk or to explain herself; she just wanted to take the weight off designing some of these hounds. And, perhaps, it'd be nice to see some Valkhounds that weren't all black and purple. Likely, the Masters would assume they grew on their own, and train them as their own. That's all she wanted.

The Valkhand took a breath and shut her eyes, and began to create.

The first would be small and plush. About a foot long in length. She gave it countershading, long tufted ears, bright eyes and a big, fluffy tail. The hope for this one would be that it could infiltrate forts and villages and the like, be forgotten or kept as something cute and harmless, and cause havoc from within. A colour? Hmm... she'd heard blue was meant to be calming. Blue-grey, with little white paws like a cat. She hid its stone in its heart.

The second, she started with a snake-like body. There were little burrower-type Valkhound left, so this could be one of them. After a beat, she decided on a particular aesthetic: a large, rose-red, bulbeous head that could open to reveal a long frog-like tongue to collect prey into its maw. A green body. Long scales around the head and spiked thorns so that it looked like a large rose if it buried itself and shut its mouth and eyes. It'd make for a good ambush predator, if nothing else.

She moved onto the third. This one would be a messenger, perhaps some kind of tactician... she didn't want it to be the ravenous beasts that usually populated the forge. She gave it a sleek, dog-like body, sharp, pointed wings for swift flight, and a prehensile tail. This one would have neutral colours. It'd be unassuming to the people that saw it. Not the toughest or largest, but clever. Hopefully clever.

Aethril looked over her work with a frown. This would have to do for now. Any more and she'd potentially risk unintentional mutations. She glanced over Draco and, without speaking a word, turned and left her creations to grow alongside all the others.