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[zhanmadao]

I'm looking to buy a sword. Nothing fancy, I'd just like for it to be durable.
The catch is... I don't own much coin at the moment.
I could give you most of what I have and do heavy work or manual labour in return for it.
I could even come with you on a quest, I'm skilled at fighting, even if the current cough that plagues me, as many others, could get in the way.
I can also offer to summon a barrier for you, if you need to protect something, but I admittedly do not know how long it would last in this place. I could renew it often.

Even a used sword would be handy, I should be able to find a way to fix its edge again.
Any information would be useful.
Thank you for giving me your time and be safe.

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[zhanmadao]

I'm not going to take your coin for a sword that only I need, shizun!
I need information, posting that here seemed helpful... talking is rarely useless, shizun.

[rumination]

A sword will be useful. [ and he never uses his own sword. hasn't even thought about trying to summon it. ]

I suppose. [ can you hear his eyes rolling? they're rolling. why is talking even necessary?

although he can't say much, he has actually responded to people here. ]

Do you know how to sharpen a sword? We can use a smithy if you find something that needs to be fixed.

[zhanmadao]

[ can you hear him laughing? absolutely lovingly. ] Yes shizun. A sword will be extremely useful in a place like this. But not to you, so only I will pay for it.

[ oh, he can hear it! loud and clear! can you hear him smiling in return?]

I do know how to sharpen a sword. We'll have to resort to that, if we can't find a better option. [ wait, when did it become we... ] I mean I, shizun doesn't need to worry about it!

[rumination]

If you need help procuring it, there is no shame in asking, and I am your elder. [ aka he should help! ]

I need to visit a smithy for other purposes.

[zhanmadao]

Shizun does enough for me already! [ the battle of the stubborns, who will win? ]

Are you looking to make armor also here or anything like that?

[rumination]

... Yes. I have blueprints for a prototype.

[ ... no one was supposed to guess that. ]

[zhanmadao]

[ ...listen, this man knows chu wanning like the back of his hand. how was he supposed not to guess?! now he can only hope chu wanning won't get huffy about it, but he can't help laughing at the endearing reaction. ]

As expected of shizun~ Do I get to see the blueprint, or should I pretend I don't know about it?

[rumination]

You can see. I am also looking for materials for the armor, but I have enough to start cobbling pieces together.

[zhanmadao]

You should've told me so I could've been on the lookout for more materials of those you need... I will pay extra attention now when I deal with scraps.

I doubt I will be able to help out otherwise, but let me know what I can do for you.

[rumination]

It was unnecessary; you were already looking for scraps for other reasons. I've found enough for now and there's no need to collect more yet.