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'Weapons designer?'
[HALE] "Hm? Oh yes. I designed weapons for a living. Quite good at it. My company is Felwischer, ever heard of it? No? Mmm... I suppose it is little known in Shengeisa, but I'll have you know my company's designs have been endorsed gladly by the Woldorian Heer. Regrettably, I did work a little for Trinity provided contracts, to arm the Samurai with a manner of heavy repeater."
The man raised his hand, and turned back to his carriage. I saw him begin to sift through the boxes there, and as he did I only then noticed his carriage was not horse drawn. It was motor pulled, by some manner of car.
[MAJORDOMO] "That's a trailer."
'...'
[MAJORDOMO] "Why are you so fixed on that?"
'N-No reason...' I spoke back across my mind to Majordomo.
I didn't want to admit I found the idea of using horses for labor like that embarrassing, because I was technically one myself...
[HALE] "Here we are."
I looked back up at the man then, and he emerged with one of his products, I presumed, in his hands. He showed it to me, enthusiastically. It was made of polymer plastic parts, but it was weighty in his hands.
[HALE] "Why, the ATK series wouldn't exist without yours truly. But this is a step up. The next generation of firearms I produce. Introducing, the PRTK-1. My flexible new service rifle design. Of course, I have no bullets for it right now, or Death charges."
[HALE] "I design my products with a purpose of self-defense in mind, for the little guy. I do not condone their misuse for purposes of war. I envisioned a world where people who are willing to throw themselves in the way of danger and protect those less fortunate and weaker than themselves nobly are armed with weapons like these that will put down Monsters like the ones coming from Blickery and the far east. Ah, fie. With my business dwindling thanks to this tariff, and the Heer already being fairly armed, it seems Felwischer is going to stagnate, and I will lose business."
Dejected, he simply turned away and gently replaced the rifle back into whatever store box I saw him take it from, taking another hearty puff from his pipe.
[HALE] "Still, I cannot fathom for the life of me why the big cheese himself would want ME DEAD. I don't understand."
