[This was the part that was always going to be tricky. Getting someone to volunteer. It was his best and most awe inspiring trick, at least back home, so it generally pulled in the crowds. It was just getting someone to step forward was usually harder than he would have liked it to be.
Xie Lian was all set to make his request again, even looking toward someone to offer them the hammer, before a tall man stepped forward.
He blinked and looked up into a stern and handsome face. A great deal of silvery-white hair and... was he wearing armour? Did they have an army here? His head tilted to the side a little, his volunteer just... looming there silently. Xie Lian felt like he could have laughed, but instead he stepped away and reached for the hammer to offer it over.]
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Xie Lian was all set to make his request again, even looking toward someone to offer them the hammer, before a tall man stepped forward.
He blinked and looked up into a stern and handsome face. A great deal of silvery-white hair and... was he wearing armour? Did they have an army here? His head tilted to the side a little, his volunteer just... looming there silently. Xie Lian felt like he could have laughed, but instead he stepped away and reached for the hammer to offer it over.]