[She laughed out loud as she listened to Zack, taking the mallet and giving a thunking 'thwump' to the drum as she tried not to lose it. Seriously, the way he said it, that could be hilarious considering that back home, Tsukumogami usually manifested as women, though they didn't seem able to quite manifest here. It was hard not to giggle.]

Exactly. It's lonely and unattended, so it's being whiny. But if it gets treated like a ceremonial drum again and someone pounds on it once in a while, it won't be near as much trouble.

Heh. [She offered the drum but kept the mallet for herself.] Two hands make light work.

Watch the tools that wash up on shore by the way. They seem to be showing up now, so more might come and I can't adopt them all. That'll end bad.