A violation of Show, Don't Tell when fleshing out a fictional tangible. Something is said to be X, but not shown to be that way. Making a fictional something come to life is difficult. Which is why authors sometimes, consciously or not, go "screw it. Why go through all the trouble?" and just have the narration or another character say, "she is brave", "this is sharp", "this is sturdy". There. Problem solved!
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