"Well, if you do want to learn to use it, I would be glad to teach you everything you need to know." Tarentek responded as he began to reassemble one of the pistols with the new parts. This model of pistol did not have near as many parts as his rifle, so it was a fairly simple matter to put it back together. Unfortunately, there wasn't really a way for him to test to see if the weapon worked entirely without actually shooting it. The parts he could test were working, but he wouldn't know for sure until they reached the training grounds.

Tarentek finished up reassembling the pistol, flicked on the safety, then offered it to Onyx. "There you go, it [i]should[/i] work now. I won't know for sure until we can test it. There are really just two things I can think of that you'll need to have other than the relic for training: Hearing protection, and, of course, ammo. As I'm sure you know, firearms are [i]very[/i] loud, and you can actually damage your hearing with them if you're not careful. With how large your ears are, you might be more vulnerable to them. As for the ammo, the bullets you're looking for are labeled with '9mm.' That is the size of the bullet. Now, I'm pretty much ready to leave, I just need to put the other pistol back together as well. It won't work, of course, but you might be able to find the parts to fix it later. Or, at the very least, you can use it for parts if the good one breaks again."