Harold nodded and silently approved at all of the concepts flying around in his little shop. All of them sounded a bit flashy for him, especially a... shotgun spear, but he could see how they could be useful in a fight. Close enough to a target, you could just 'fire' it and watch as it's turned into various pieces of meat instead of a whole creature. Brutal, but practical!

Joshua seemed mildly worried, "Wait wait, a plagued dog, [i]and[/i] a harpy? That nearly sounds like a 'resurgence' is about to happen down the line... That isn't good news at all.". "Of course, there's always a few beasts running around the world, but two so close together relatively is mighty suspicious." "I'll alert a few associates of mine to prepare, just in case."

"Thanks for telling me, actually. Most rookie hunters just expect their trainers to know absolutely everything. That's cute and all but I don't have eyes literally everywhere."