"Yeah, still doing the smithing." If he decided to quit there would probably be a lot of upset folks out there. Not to mention Master Herritt would come looking for him - they were shorthanded as they were when he was off being a healer.

"My father was a smith and I grew up being one," he says, reaching out to take the mug being offered and signing a thank you with the other. "I didn't want to give that up. Had to for a while, but I kept busy."