'[i]An expert in explosives?[/i]' Sethlan thought to himself. Wow, that was a fun sounding job description. Almost as fun as the royal blacksmith, now that he thought about it! Sethlan briefly considered if he would have traded in his little hammer and anvil for whatever you used to make fireworks if he had the chance. Knowing his usual ineptitudes of course he probably would have lost most of his fingers at this point if he had, but that was a thing Sethlan decided not to dwell on.

[color=007236]"N-new Years?"[/color] he stammered out in an effort to make some sort of conversation. [color=007236]"Ooh I really like the New Year's fireworks. New Years is when the Royal Guard used to send in all their weapons to get repaired, and I could watch the fireworks from my workshop window while I fixed them,"[/color] he recalled fondly. [color=007236]"I a-always wanted to go outside to watch them, but I was always busy..."[/color]

Sethlan got the impression that his musings were not keeping everyone's interest so he awkwardly attempted to change gears. [color=007236]"Uh, so...well, why are you trying to bomb the Underground closed with your cool fireworks, exactly?"[/color]