He looked at the blade in his hand and shuddered.

With practice you'll learn not to look at the blade at all.

His palms were cut where he'd grabbed at the blade.

He stared at the blade, moving his hand as though it might turn into a snake.

"But you were afraid to let me get at the blade."

She looked at the blade in her hand and the blood on it with revulsion.

He looked at the blade for a long time.

Then he drew the tool slowly out of the earth and looked at the blade.

But she said nothing, looking critically at the wooden blade the boy held.

She stared at the blade, and felt the edge with her thumb.