Un: TerribleTinkerer | Text

[badnewsandshitlist]

Assuming the Fae of Auriel share the same aversion to iron as those of the Feywild from where I am from, I am offering to craft temporary weapons and tools from non-iron materials for anyone preparing for the mission. My trade lies in metalwork, with modest skill in wood and leather. Brass, bronze, bone, horn, or seasoned wood are all suitable.

Time before departure is limited, so I can only take a few commissions.

Separately, I am pursuing a personal project involving spell storage and glyphcraft. If anyone has experience in such work, I would appreciate a private exchange of ideas.

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[repaintress]

I am not. Arrive in two hours.

I will describe what I am doing, but my understanding of my process is relative, not absolute. So as you said: I have the knowledge of how the tools will be used, but not of the mathematics behind them. Most science is mathematics, is it not?

It is not magic. It is expertise.

[badnewsandshitlist]

Two hours, then. I’ll be there, and I’ll try not to look like a disappointed tutor while you work.

And as for expertise… careful with that word. Call yourself an expert around me and I’ll be tempted to start asking you insufferably detailed questions to see where the cracks appear. It is a noble title, but a dangerous one. People start expecting demonstrations.

Still, you know your craft, even if you do not describe it with the precision of a mathematician. That is fine. You show me what your hands know, and I will handle the rest.

I’ll see you shortly, expert.

[repaintress]

Believe me, your disappointment means nothing to me.

I am an expert. You can ask any questions you'd like. I know my work as thoroughly as you know yours.

You would not be the first scientist I walked away from once they annoyed me.