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	More information about the previous civilisation would have to wait for another time. For the time being, Jack was in need of establishing his situation, which, for now, meant choosing a weapon or two and then finding a means of paying the Blacksmith. He then needed to go and visit the leather worker across the street, and then possibly rent out a room at the Inn for the night. 

Per Torn’s advice, Jack selected a bow. Not a long bow by any means. It was shorter than a meter in length and came with a quiver of iron arrows to suit, as standard length arrows for standard sized bows would not work In it. The bow, according to Torn, was crafted from a very rare naturally occurring metallic element called Absint. It was therefore duly expensive, more valuable than gold, and items crafted from it were even more rare and usually only commissioned by kings, royalty, and other self-important types. The greatest things about Absint was its strength, its flexibility and, somewhat most importantly, it’s extraordinary light weight - all the combined qualities needed in creating an almost weightless compact bow with the power and accuracy that exceeded its larger counterparts. 

Jack also chose two daggers. These daggers had 11 Inch double-edged blades made of a metal that looked and felt suspiciously like titanium, though Torn referred to it as Stir. The daggers came with iron hoops with strap that could be used to holster them from ones trouser belt. Torn also pointed out that if Jack actually wanted a leather sheath for the weapons he would need to be asking Amber across the street about that. 

In the end, paying for the weapons came with greater difficulty than Jack had hoped. Even though he and Torn seemed to have been getting along just fine for the time being, the Blacksmith was not a man to take business lightly, not even among friends. Jack attempted to offer Torn some gold plated coins, which were in fact just dollar coins from 20th century Earth and a land called Aus. To Torn, however, despite their unique exotic quality, they were nothing more than an insult. Still, Jack must have made some sort of good impression not to have Torn kick him out of his store without a weapon, and instead had a little work for Jack to do. And by a little work, what he really meant was a big and dangerous job that may or may not include murder.