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Sameth comes into Milliways holding a few different large pieces of metal that if you look at from the right angle look like bones.

Gaeta's leg is coming together but its trickier than he expected and he sits down at a table to stare at the parts in the hope that will help him see what's going to work best.

He does remember to order some mulled wine as sits with his sleeves rolled up and with the grime of his workshop on him.

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"...is that a leg?"

Ichabod pauses on his way past to peer at Sameth's work, fascinated.

"Hm, oh yes, a prosthetic leg."

"I've never seen one like it. It has working joints?"

"It will, just an ankle, the person I'm making it for still has their knee,"

He moves forward to show how it will come together. Its simply made with Charter Marks in the surface and light.

"And these runic markings?"

His hand hovers over them, not touching.

"No, Charter Marks, the magic of my home, You can touch it if you'd like."

"No need. I was curious, nothing more." He studies the leg. "What magic will be in this?"

"Spells to keep it strong, light, comfortable and easy to move."

"Where engineering might fail? Or instead of engineering?"

"Kind of both, with it, the magic helps the metal but also allows me to do different things."

"Such as?" It's genuine interest, making him forget his manners.

Sam picks up the main part of the leg and points at the Marks running down the shin,

"This is steel so its already fairly light, but these Marks make it strong and light. Its a spell that I first used for making mechanical birds but works well here."

"And, presumably, with less effort and wastage - and a better outcome - than attempting it with standard metalworking techniques." He nods, then looks faintly embarrassed. "Forgive my rudeness - Ichabod Crane."

"Well, I start with those but then improve upon them with the Charter. Hm, oh its fine, I'm Sameth of the Old Kingdom."

"Pleased to meet you, Master Sameth. You are a craftsman beyond the... Charter, as well, then."

"Yes, I am mainly in the forge but I do lots of building and making, whatever's needed."

"The forge?" He tilts his head. "A well-run establishment. I met Teja."

"Well, I haven't been working here for a while. I have my own workshop at home but when I was Bound here I did a lot of work there."

"A way to pass the time and keep your skills sharp." Ichabod nods.

"Yes, I don't like not having something to be working on."

"What sort of things do you create most often?" he asks curiously.

"Oh, um, it depends. I'm always making mechanical toys but I've also worked on armor or weapons or jewelry."

"Whatever you are commissioned for?" Ichabod says, nodding.

"Well, not so much commissioned more when something is going wrong that no one is sure how to fix, they ask me. Or I notice and try to think of something to help. I'm Wallmaker which means all that I do is from the Old Kingdom. I do take commissions here but its not for the money, I don't need it."

"Your kingdom... has no other name but that? Unusual. And what is the Wallmaker's role?"