Alexander nodded thoughtfully, grateful for the input. Imgor suggested that since he had already been in combat he should have his new weapon compensate for any weaknesses. However he hadn't needed to fight for his pet and the battle against the battle had been quick and as a result Alex had ended up doing actually very little and therefor hadn't found any problems with his weapon. He liked Sapphire's idea, maybe that along with sort of button to retract the blades into place. But then he'd be vulnerable if he got attacked with the shards out. So than maybe something like a gun at the base of the hilt as a secondary form of attack, yeah that sounded cool. 

"Alright," he said firmly, his mind clearly made up. "I'd like to keep my basic weapon design, I'd like the blade to be able to separate into smaller shards and be launched forward, then be able to retract them into the original blade form. Finally I'd like the addition of some sort of gun built into the butt of the weapon. Does that sound alright?" Alexander inquired hopefully. From the smith's claims he sounded capable of creating nearly anything, and if he crafted hunter weapons on a regular basis then he'd have to be quite skilled indeed. "Thanks for the help by the way." he said to his teammates. Alex was surprised Sapphire had come up with such a novel idea so quickly, more so that she seemed embarrassed by it. Imgor's question to Joshua reminded Alexander of another encounter they had in the woods, "Oh Joshua, speaking of plagued beasts we also had a run in with a plagued harpy. Isn't it unusual for more than one plagued creature to be so close together?" Alex asked curiously.